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Texas set to execute Quintin Jones, ending 10-month break in executions
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Quintin Jones, 41, is scheduled to break a 10-month-long hiatus of executions in the state of Texas for a murder he committed more than 20 years ago. His lethal injection is planned for Wednesday evening at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
In 1999, Jones was convicted of beating his 83-year-old great-aunt Berthena Bryant to death with a baseball bat when she refused to give him $30 for drugs, according to court documents. He was sentenced to death in 2001 in Tarrant County and has been on death row ever since. In 2020, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued several stays of execution due to COVID-19. Jones' scheduled death will be the first execution in the state since July 8.More Related News

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