Texas executes Jedidiah Murphy, 48, who killed an elderly woman in a carjacking a decade ago, despite questions about the evidence used to convict her – telling the victim’s family from the gurney: “I hope this helps.”
A Texas man who challenged the evidence used to convict him of killing an elderly woman in a carjacking a decade ago was killed by lethal injection on Tuesday.
Jedidiah Murphy, 48, was pronounced dead after an injection at the state prison in Huntsville following the fatal shooting of 80-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham during a carjacking in October 2000.
“To the victim’s family, I sincerely apologize for everything.” “I hope this gives you some closure if possible,” Murphy said as he was strapped to a stretcher in the death chamber in Texas.
Murphy then began reciting Psalm 34, saying, “The Lord saves the souls of his servants, and none of those who trust in him will be condemned.”
He then told the supervisor he was ready as he turned to a friend watching through a window and said, “God bless you all.” It’s OK. “Tell my babies I love them.”
Jedidiah Murphy, 48, was pronounced dead Tuesday after being given a lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville for fatally shooting 80-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham during a carjacking in October 2000