2nd Texas Inmate Set for Execution This Week Wants It Halted

2nd Texas Inmate Set for Execution This Week Wants It Halted
A Texas inmate was executed for fatally running over his girlfriend in a jealous rage more than 18 years ago. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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A Texas inmate scheduled to be executed Thursday evening has insisted he didn’t fatally run over his girlfriend in a jealous rage more than 18 years ago.

Daniel Acker was condemned for the March 2000 slaying of Marquetta George of Sulphur Springs. Prosecutors said he ran over George with his truck in rural northeast Texas because he believed she had been unfaithful to him.