Texas has executed a man for the killing of a woman jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago.
A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago. Arthur Lee Burton, 54, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. He was condemned for the July 1997 killing and attempted rape of Nancy Adleman, a 48-year-old mother of three.
Burton's lawyers had argued that reports by two experts and the records showed Burton “exhibited low scores on tests of learning, reasoning, comprehending complex ideas, problem solving, and suggestibility, all of which are examples of significant limitations in intellectual functioning.” They had argued that the evidence was a strong indication of an intellectual disability that made him 'categorically exempt from the death penalty.
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Texas set to execute Arthur Lee Burton for 1997 killing of Houston joggerArthur Lee Burton was sentenced to death for killing Nancy Adleman, a mother of three, while she was jogging on a summer evening in Houston.
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Texas set to execute Arthur Lee Burton for 1997 killing of Houston joggerArthur Lee Burton was sentenced to death for killing Nancy Adleman, a mother of three, while she was jogging on a summer evening in Houston.
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Texas man put to death in 1997 Houston killingArthur Lee Burton, 54, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. local time.
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Texas man executed for 1997 killing of female jogger after claims of intellectual disability rejectedTexas has executed Arthur Lee Burton for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago.
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Texas set to execute Arthur Lee Burton for 1997 murderArthur Lee Burton was sentenced to death for killing Nancy Adleman, a mother of three, while she was jogging on a summer evening in Houston.
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Texas man whose lawyers say is intellectually disabled facing execution for 1997 killing of joggerA Texas man described as intellectually disabled by his lawyers is facing execution for strangling and trying to rape a woman jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago. Arthur Lee Burton is facing a planned lethal injection Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
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