Texas carried its first execution of 2013 on Thursday in Huntsville, putting Carl Henry Blue to death for setting his then-girlfriend on fire almost 20 years ago. He died by lethal injection. In Georgia, Andrew Allen Cook was executed, convicted of fatally shooting two university students in 1995.
A federal appeals court gave Georgia death row inmate Warren Lee Hill, a temporary last minute reprieve because doctors changed their minds, believing he is mentally disabled. His legal battle to avoid lethal injection still likely faces an uphill climb. Another inmate, Andrew Cook also has used the mental disability clause.
