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~ Stephen Barbee, 16Nov22, (TX) ~
By: BuzzC Date: September 22, 2019, 2:06 am
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Stephen Barbee, Texas--
September 16, 2019
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Stephen Dale Barbee's execution is scheduled to begin at 6 pm
CDT, on Wednesday, November 16th, 2022, at the Walls Unit of the
Huntsville State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas.
Fifty-five-year-old Stephen is convicted of the murder of
34-year-old Lisa Underwood, and her 7-year-old son Jayden at
their Fort Worth, Texas home on February 19, 2005. Lisa was also
seven-months pregnant at the time of the murder. Stephen has
been on death row in Texas for the last 16 years.
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Re: ~ Stephen Barbee, 16Nov22, (TX) ~
By: BuzzC Date: November 17, 2022, 1:30 pm
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Stephen Barbee executed for 2005 murders--
Thursday, November 17th, 2022
Stephen Barbee, 55, was executed Wednesday night at the
Huntsville Unit for the 2005 murders of his pregnant
ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old son in their Fort Worth home.
Barbee was pronounced dead at 7:35 p.m.,. Medical personnel for
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice had difficulties
finding accessible veins to administer the lethal dose.
After 30 minutes of trying to find an access point, success was
gained in the side of his neck.
Barbee's last statement was not a plea for forgiveness, but
rather a sermon.
"I want to take this moment to be shared with everyone, to give
God all the glory of our love, peace, wisdom, kindness, and
respect. God knows the truth," Barbee said. "I don't want this
to be a sad moment for all my friends and loved ones."
His spiritual adviser was allowed to hold his hand and pray with
him before making his last statement.
Attorneys for Barbee had attempted to halt the execution over
Texas Department of Criminal Justice's handling of prisoner's
religious rights in the death chamber.
The appeals have gone to federal courts and U.S. Supreme Court.
On Tuesday, a district judge halted Barbee's pending execution,
but a federal appellate court and the U.S. Supreme Court both
ruled in favor of the state early Wednesday.
Barbee was sentenced to death after prosecutors said he killed
Underwood because he thought he was the father of Underwood's
unborn child and he was afraid she would tell his wife. They
also said Underwood's son walked into the room while he was
killing her and was also suffocated after he tried to defend his
mother.
Barbee later led police to the victims' bodies buried together
in a shallow grave in Denton County, per court documents.
Underwood was seven months pregnant at the time of her murder,
and DNA tests later proved that Barbee was not the father.
Barbee's first execution was set for 2019 but was halted by the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. That was thrown out when the
courts determined he had not instructed his attorney to maintain
his innocence. A new execution was set for October 2021, but was
again canceled by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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