The Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Condemned prisoner Franklin Dewayne Alix has been put to death for fatally shooting a Houston man during a robbery.
The 34-year-old Alix was given a lethal injection Tuesday evening for killing 23-year-old Eric Bridgeford. Bridgeford interrupted Alix during the robbery of Bridgeford’s sister’s apartment in 1998. The sister was abducted and raped in what authorities said was part of a six-month crime rampage by Alix.
The execution was the fifth this year in Texas, the nation’s busiest capital punishment state.
Alix’s court appeals were exhausted and no last-day attempts to stop the punishment were raised.
He said from the death chamber gurney that he “made poor choices” and was at peace. Seven minutes later, he was pronounced dead.