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       Texas executes inmate, 61, who killed police officer in
       adult-bookstore robbery
   DIR By: Ghosttruck
       Date: January 31, 2019, 8:26 am
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       > A Texas man convicted of shooting and killing a Houston police
       officer in 1988 during a failed robbery at an adult bookstore
       was executed Wednesday, officials said.
       >
       > The convict, Robert Jennings, 61, was pronounced dead at 6:33
       p.m., 18 minutes after receiving a lethal injection and some 30
       years after fatally shooting 24-year-old officer Elston Howard.
       In a final statement to his family and friends, Jennings said
       “it was a nice journey.”
       >
       > Jennings, a convicted robber, was on parole for nearly two
       months when prosecutors say he entered Mr. Peeper's Bookstore
       with the intention of robbing the business. He had robbed the
       same store 12 days earlier.
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       > Unbeknownst to Jennings, Officer Howard was in the process of
       arresting the store clerk on charges of operating a pornographic
       video arcade without a permit.
       >
       > Jennings shot Howard twice in the head. The wounded officer
       staggered for a few feet before falling to the ground, where he
       was shot two more times by Jennings. The clerk later testified
       that the shooting was so quick, Howard never had a chance to
       unholster his gun.
       >
       > Jennings was arrested hours later after going to a hospital to
       be treated for a gunshot wound – his accomplice shot him in the
       hand after becoming angry that Jennings had shot the officer.
       >
       > Attorneys for Jennings had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to
       delay his execution, arguing that Jennings' trial attorneys
       failed to ask jurors to fully consider evidence — including
       details of his remorse for the officer's shooting and possible
       brain damage — that might have spared him a death sentence.
       >
       > When he was arrested, Jennings confessed to the murder and
       told police he was remorseful about the killing, saying he would
       “face whatever punishment (he had) coming.”
       >
       > Jennings received an execution stay in 2016. But the high
       court and lower appeals courts rejected his request to delay
       Wednesday's execution and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
       turned down Jennings' request to commute his sentence.
       >
       > As a part of Jennings final statement, he shared his thoughts
       for Howard’s family.
       >
       > “To the family of the police officer, I hope y'all find peace.
       Be well and be safe and try to enjoy life's moments, because we
       never get those back."
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