Texas Executes Inmate for Killing Elderly Man After Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case

Texas Executes Inmate for Killing Elderly Man After Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case
Billy Joe Wardlow in a booking photo. Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A Texas inmate received a lethal injection Wednesday evening for the fatal shooting of an elderly man about 30 years ago, ending a monthslong delay of executions in the state due to the CCP virus pandemic.

Billy Joe Wardlow, the 45-year-old inmate, died in the Huntsville state penitentiary for the 1993 slaying of Carl Cole, who was 82, at his Cason home.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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