NewsJune 27, 2002

HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A man convicted of raping and killing a woman in her home in 1994 was put to death Wednesday in Texas' 18th execution this year. Jeffrey Lynn Williams, 30, recited the 23rd Psalm before he died. He was convicted of killing Barbara Pullins, 31, after breaking into her Houston home...

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A man convicted of raping and killing a woman in her home in 1994 was put to death Wednesday in Texas' 18th execution this year. Jeffrey Lynn Williams, 30, recited the 23rd Psalm before he died. He was convicted of killing Barbara Pullins, 31, after breaking into her Houston home.

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