Texas, Oklahoma Men Executed on the Same Day
Summary
Texas executed John Allen Rubio for the 2003 murders of three children, and Oklahoma executed James Pavatt for a 2001 murder-for-hire killing. The executions took place on the same day, the second time Texas and Oklahoma had done so that year.Key Facts
- Texas executed 46-year-old John Allen Rubio by lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville.
- Rubio was convicted of killing three children in 2003: 3-year-old Julissa Quesada, 14-month-old John E. Rubio, and 2-month-old Mary Jane Rubio.
- Rubio’s original 2003 conviction was overturned in 2007; a jury convicted him again and sentenced him to death in 2010.
- Angela Camacho pleaded guilty to three counts of capital murder in 2005 and received three life sentences.
- Oklahoma executed 73-year-old James Pavatt by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
- Pavatt was executed for the 2001 murder-for-hire killing of Rob Andrew, the estranged husband of Pavatt’s lover.
- Texas and Oklahoma had carried out executions on the same day twice that year.
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