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Kenneth Edward Gentry (January 28, 1961 – April 16, 1997) was an American criminal who was executed on April 16, 1997, for the murder of 23-year-old Jimmy Don Ham. The crime occurred in
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in 1983, technically Pilot Point. Gentry previously escaped from a
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prison in July 1982 and was attempting to throw authorities off by assuming Ham's identity. He had been serving ten years in prison for assault before his escape. Before his execution, Gentry issued the following
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: ''I'd like to thank the Lord for the past 14 years (on death row) to grow as a man and mature enough to accept what's happening here tonight. To my family, I'm happy. I'm going home to Jesus.'' As the lethal drugs began to flow, Gentry cried: ''Sweet Jesus, here I come. Take me home. I'm going that way to see the Lord.'' His
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was a combination of butter beans, mashed potatoes, onions, tomatoes, biscuits, chocolate cake, and
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Capital punishment in Texas Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Texas for murder, and participation in a felony resulting in death if committed by an individual who has attained or is over the age of 18. In 1982, the state became the first jurisd ...
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List of people executed in Texas, 1990–1999 The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1990 and 1999. All of the 166 people (165 males and 1 female) during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Uni ...


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