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01-22-2009, 04:09 AM
Killer executed on 15th anniversary of his crimeStory Highlights
Frank Moore pronounced dead at 7:21 p.m. ET in Huntsville, Texas
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Moore shot Samuel Boyd, Patrick Clark multiple times outside bar in 1994
Moore says he acted in self-defense after the men shot at him, tried to run him over
Supreme Court declined to issue stay of execution
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By Emanuella Grinberg
CNN
(CNN) -- A former drug dealer was executed in Texas on Wednesday night for the murders of two reputed gang members -- 15 years to the day after the crime.
Texas death row inmate Frank Moore says he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two in 1994.
Moore, 49, was pronounced dead at 7:21 p.m. ET, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.
"Self-defense is not capital murder," Moore said before the lethal injection began, echoing his unsuccessful claims to the courts to prevent his execution.
Moore did not deny firing the fatal shots outside a San Antonio bar but insisted he acted in self-defense and did not deserve to die.
Moore was the second death row inmate to be executed in 2009. He spoke at length with CourtTVnews.com in 2007.
Samuel Boyd and Patrick Clark were shot multiple times in the head and chest early in the morning of January 21, 1994, outside the Wheels of Joy.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/21/texas.moore.execution/
Frank Moore pronounced dead at 7:21 p.m. ET in Huntsville, Texas
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/CRIME/01/21/texas.moore.execution/art.moore.tdcj.jpg
Moore shot Samuel Boyd, Patrick Clark multiple times outside bar in 1994
Moore says he acted in self-defense after the men shot at him, tried to run him over
Supreme Court declined to issue stay of execution
»
By Emanuella Grinberg
CNN
(CNN) -- A former drug dealer was executed in Texas on Wednesday night for the murders of two reputed gang members -- 15 years to the day after the crime.
Texas death row inmate Frank Moore says he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two in 1994.
Moore, 49, was pronounced dead at 7:21 p.m. ET, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.
"Self-defense is not capital murder," Moore said before the lethal injection began, echoing his unsuccessful claims to the courts to prevent his execution.
Moore did not deny firing the fatal shots outside a San Antonio bar but insisted he acted in self-defense and did not deserve to die.
Moore was the second death row inmate to be executed in 2009. He spoke at length with CourtTVnews.com in 2007.
Samuel Boyd and Patrick Clark were shot multiple times in the head and chest early in the morning of January 21, 1994, outside the Wheels of Joy.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/21/texas.moore.execution/