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April 23rd, 2009 Headsman

On this date in 1992, longtime heroin user Billy Wayne White waited 47 minutes while his executioners probed for a vein suitable to inject the lethal cocktail he incurred for a 1976 robbery-murder in Houston.

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Entry Filed under: 20th Century, Botched Executions, Capital Punishment, Common Criminals, Crime, Death Penalty, Disfavored Minorities, Execution, Lethal Injection, Murder, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Texas, USA

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