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foxnews.comTexas Executes Edward Busby Jr. for 2004 Murder of Retired Professor, Becoming State’s 600th Execution Since 1982
Edward Busby Jr. was pronounced dead at 8:11 p.m. local time Thursday after lethal injection at the Huntsville penitentiary. The Supreme Court overturned a stay on his intellectual disability claims hours earlier at the request of the Texas Attorney General’s Office. Busby was co…
orlandoweekly.comHouston Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Bald Eagle
A 42-year-old Porter resident admitted in federal court to shooting and killing a bald eagle, a protected species under federal law. The conviction triggers mandatory federal sentencing guidelines that include possible prison time and fines for violations of the Bald and Golden E…
ocregister.comPasadena man gets 46 months in prison for receiving child sexual abuse material
A federal judge sentenced 36-year-old Christopher J. Adams of Pasadena, Texas, to 46 months in prison after he admitted exchanging child sexual abuse material over the internet. The conviction triggers mandatory sex-offender registration and three years of supervised release that…