Texas carries out nation's first execution since Christa Pike's failed lethal injection
A Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk was put to death Wednesday evening, becoming the 30th person executed in the U.S. this year and the first since Tennessee's failed attempt to administer a lethal injection to Christa Pike a week ago.
TL;DR
- A Texas man was executed on Wednesday evening.
- He was convicted of fatally shooting a convenience store clerk.
- This execution is the 30th in the U.S. this year.
- It is the first execution in the U.S. since a failed lethal injection in Tennessee.