Wednesday, June 3, 2009

200th Prisoner Executed in Texas Under Perry

A self-described "non-caring monster" who took responsibility for killing five relatives was executed Tuesday in Texas for killing his two stepchildren.

"I am sorry for what I've done and for all the pain and suffering my actions caused," Terry Lee Hankins said from the death chamber gurney, his voice wavering. He was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m.

Hankins, 34, surrendered at his girlfriend's Arlington apartment in 2001 after a five-hour standoff with police who wanted him for gunning down his estranged wife, Tammy, 34, and her children, Devin Galley, 12, and Ashley Mason, 11. Hankins then told officers he'd also killed his father and half-sister almost a year earlier.

Hankins was the 16th condemned prisoner executed this year in Texas, the nation's most active death penalty state.

Read More: The Associated Press: Texas man executed for killing his 2 stepchildren
Take Action: Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
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