Texas executes inmate who claimed innocence in 2008 double murder
A Texas man, James Broadnax, was executed by lethal injection after insisting he was innocent in the 2008 killings of two men outside a Dallas recording studio; prosecutors say he and his cousin Demarius Cummings carried out the armed robbery. Cummings has recently admitted pulling the trigger, but Broadnax’s defense argued that his trial rights were violated due to jury-selection issues tied to race. A last‑minute appeal was denied by the Supreme Court. Broadnax’s wife witnessed the execution, and in his final statement he asserted that Texas got it wrong while praying for forgiveness.
