Texas inmate set to die for post-9/11 killings
BC-US–Texas Execution, 4th Ld-Writethru,128 Texas inmate set to die for post-9/11 killings AP Photo TXKJ101, TXAUS101 Eds: APNewsNow. Updates that judge denied Bhuiyan’s lawsuit. Will be updated. Execution set for after 6 p.m. CDT. Will be updated. AP Photos. By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A federal judge has denied a lawsuit seeking to halt the execution of condemned killer Mark Stroman for killing a Dallas-area convenience store clerk during a shooting spree he says was in retaliation for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Stroman is set for lethal injection Wednesday evening in Huntsville. The 41-year-old Stroman says he was targeting people of Middle East descent. The shootings killed two men and injured a third. It was the October 2001 death of 49-year-old Vasudev Patel that put Stroman on death row. The lone survivor, Rais (Raze) Bhuiyan (Boo-yon), a native of Bangladesh, asked the court to halt Stroman’s punishment, saying his religious beliefs as a Muslim told him to forgive. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel signed the order denying Bhuiyan’s request Wednesday afternoon.
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