Washington - Texas executed its 200th prisoner in nearly nine years Tuesday night amidst protests organized across Texas and elsewhere in the world, organizers said. The convicted killer, Terry Lee Hankins, was put to death for the 2001 slaying of his two stepchildren. He also took responsibility for killing three other people.
Hankins was executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville, Texas, prison.
Protestors highlighted that it was the 200th execution since Republican Governor Rick Perry took office in 2000. The number represents nearly half of the 439 executions carried out in Texas since 1982, and 35 per cent of all US executions since 2000.
Gloria Rubac, spokesman for the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement, told
