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Texas Executes 1st Inmate with Single Drug

A Texas man convicted of carjacking and fatally shooting a stockbroker was put to death, becoming the first prisoner in the nation's most active capital punishment state to be executed under a procedure using one lethal drug instead of three.

A Texas man convicted of carjacking and fatally shooting a stockbroker was put to death, becoming the first prisoner in the nation's most active capital punishment state to be executed under a procedure using one lethal drug instead of three.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.