Texas, Oklahoma Men Executed on the Same Day
James Pavatt in Oklahoma and John Allen Rubio in Texas were executed Thursday. Rubio beheaded three children in 2003.
Two men, a Texas man and an Oklahoma man, were executed on the same day. Texas executed John Allen Rubio on Thursday for the 2003 beheading of three young children, while Oklahoma executed James Pavatt on Monday for the 2001 murder of his lover's estranged husband. This is the second time this year that both states have carried out executions on the same day.
The executions follow Tennessee's failed lethal-injection attempt on Christa Pike on September 30, prompting a pause in executions and an outside review. So far this year, Texas has carried out 12 executions, while Oklahoma has carried out 1 execution. Florida has carried out 19 executions this year, tying the state record set last year.
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