By Kelly Gooch
Tyler Paper
RUSK, Texas — An execution date has been set for a convict involved in the murder of a Rusk man during a September 2002 robbery, kidnapping and sexual assault.
The final appellate hurdle of setting an execution date was resolved Jan. 14, and a death warrant was signed Jan. 18, Cherokee County District Attorney Rachel Patton said. Richard Aaron Cobb is set to die on April 25.
Ms. Patton said that there always is the possibility of a stay of execution, she hopes the execution will continue as planned. She said she knows from speaking to family members of the murder victim that they have waited for everything to be over.
“I know it is something that will give them a little bit of closure,” she said. “That’s why we are hopeful this execution will go off as scheduled. As soon as we got information that the appellate process had been exhausted, we worked to get the execution date set exactly.”
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