A TEXAS death row inmate was executed tonight after a desperate plea for clemency was rejected.
Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, received a lethal injection at 7pm ET Thursday for the 1990 murder of a Houston cop, according to KHOU.
He was pronounced dead at 7.39pm ET.
Buntion shot police officer James Irby in the head and several more times as he was laying on the ground during a traffic stop.
Buntion’s last statement was revealed shortly after he was executed.
“I pray to God that they get the closure for me killing their father and Ms. Irby’s husband,” he said during his final statement.
“I hope to see you in heaven someday and when you show up I will give you a big hug.”
“To all of my friends that stuck with me through all of these years I am not going to say goodbye just saying so long. I am ready to go,” he concluded.
Buntion’s lawyers argued the execution was “cruel and unusual punishment,” however the appeal for clemency was rejected unanimously 7-0 by a Texas parole board.
The 78-year-old man was one of the oldest people on death row in the US, and has battled multiple illnesses, according to anti-death penalty activists.
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