Texas Executes Man Who Challenged Evidence in Deadly Carjacking of Elderly Woman

Jedidiah Murphy, a Texas man who questioned the evidence used to convict him of killing an elderly woman during a carjacking, was executed after his appeals were denied. Despite raising concerns about the safety of lethal injection drugs and requesting DNA testing of evidence, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Texas, allowing the execution to proceed. Murphy expressed remorse before his death and his lawyers argued that he had a history of mental illness and childhood abuse. This execution comes on World Day Against the Death Penalty, as public support for capital punishment in the U.S. continues to decline.