Last night, Texas executed Robert Lee Thompson, 34, for a fatal robbery that occurred 13 years ago at a Houston convenience store. Thompson didn't actually pull the trigger. His accomplice, who did, got a life sentence in prison while Thompson was sentenced to death. A state parole board said, look, this isn't fair and recommended that he get life, too. The governor, however, declined to intervene.
Thompson did shoot one of the clerks during the robbery -- four times, in fact -- but that man lived. And prosecutors argued that he'd participated in other stickups where people died. (Though it's not clear if he was ever convicted of those crimes.)
Hat Tip: Many thanks, Man in a Mission, Cripjak and Keith G in PV!

