Texas executes man for bludgeoning mechanic to death in robbery

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas on Thursday executed Gregory Russeau, 45, who was convicted of killing a 75-year-old auto mechanic in a 2001 robbery and driving off from the crime scene in the victim's car.

Russeau was pronounced dead at 6:49 p.m. CDT after receiving a lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville, a prisons official said.

"I would like to thank my family and friends for what y’all have done for me. Thank you for being here with me that I do not have to transition alone. I have peace," Russeau was quoted as saying in his last statement by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Russeau was convicted of bludgeoning James Syvertson to death with a hammer at Syvertson's automobile repair garage in Tyler, about 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Dallas.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/texas-executes-man-bludgeoning-mechanic-death-robbery-000455088.html

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Also in GD: Gregory Russeau will be executed tomorrow. He is black. His victim was white.
Read more: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026852360

[LiberalLovinLug]

1. So

He sat around for 14 years with the dark cloud of execution over him?

IMO that sounds like torture.

You know, in that amount of time, ANYONE can change and have potential to be a positive influence. The human body, including blood cells to the bones, is completely different every 7 years. We are literally not the same person we were 7 years ago.

Talk about per-meditative murder. The State hovered and planned and pushed forward his murder for 14 fucking years.