Michael wayne richard execution

He was executed for his crimes in the state of Texas in 2007..

Michael Wayne Richard

American criminal executed in Texas

Michael Wayne Richard (August 24, – September 25, )^[2] was an American man who was convicted of rape and murder.

By 8:23 p.m., Richard, 48, was dead.

Michael Wayne Richard, 48, was executed by lethal injection on 25 September 2007 in Huntsville, Texas for the rape, robbery, and murder of a.

He was executed for his crimes in the state of Texas in 2007.

Around 8:20 on the evening of Sept.

On the day of Richard's execution, the US Supreme Court had agreed to review the constitutionality of death by lethal injection.

He was executed for his crimes in the state of Texas in His execution gained notoriety due to controversies regarding procedural problems related to the timing of the execution. Richard admitted he was involved in the murder and offered to help find the murder weapon.

Police found the weapon and testing revealed it to be the gun that fired the fatal shot.^[3]

Crime

On August 18, , in Hockley, Texas, while on parole for motor vehicle theft, Richard entered the home of Marguerite Lucille Dixon, stole two television sets, raped Dixon, fatally shot her, and then stole her van.

In the wake of the Supreme Court of the United States expressing interest in the question of the constitutionality of lethal injections, on the same day that the execution was scheduled, Richard's lawyers sought a sta