A Texas man who stabbed his wife and two stepsons to death has been executed after judges ruled that he was not intellectually disabled, and rejected claims that jurors were influenced by a court bailiff who wore a “death penalty” black necktie with a white syringe.
Robert Sparks, 45, died of lethal injection on Sept. 25, 12 years after he killed his wife and stepsons and then raped his two 12- and 14-year-old stepdaughters.
