Texas: asked to stop the execution of his father's killer, but it was in vain – 18/07/2018

The state of Texas, United States, executed Tuesday a 34-year-old murderer despite the lenient clemency of the last human son he killed.

Christopher Young sentenced to death for the crime of the owner of a dry cleaner during an attempted theft in 2004, was declared dead at 18:38 local time (23:38 GMT) after receiving a lethal injection at Huntsville Prison, as reported by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

On the morning of November 21, 2004, 21-year-old Young stole a car and drove to a laundry owned by Hasmukh Patel in San Antonio.

Once inside, Young threatened Patel (53) with his gun and asked for all the money from the cashier. Before ending the flight, he was shot in the chest and escaped.

Two local customers witnessed the incident parking and alerted the police about what happened. A few hours later, after locating the stolen vehicle in a house

In his defense, Young alleged that he had acted under the influence of alcohol and cocaine while he said that he did not want to kill Patel. Despite this, a jury sentenced him to death in 2006.

Mitesh Patel, son of the merchant killed, had launched a campaign in recent weeks to ask the governor of Texas to pardon the prisoner, father of three children. [19659002] "He killed my father and now we are going to kill him: the sum of two evils will not help" he argued in front of the press.

However, all claims before the courts and claims of clemency were unsuccessful.

Young was the eighth execution in 2018 in Texas and the thirteenth in the whole country. Since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976, US. ends with the lives of 1,478 inmates including 553 in Texas, more than in any other state.

Source: EFE