Huntsville(Texas): A Texas man who sexually assaulted and killed a 9-year-old girl in 1997, has been executed by lethal injection.
Melvin Wayne White, 55, was the 16th person put to death this year in Texas, which leads the nation in capital punishment.
White was condemned for kidnapping his young neighbour in the west Texas town of Ozona, and taking her to a remote area where he bound her hands with electrical tape, sexually assaulted her and then beat her to death with a tire iron.
He later confessed to the crime and told police where to find the body.
In his final statement while strapped to a gurney in the Texas death chamber on Thursday, White apologized to the girl's family and recited the 23rd Psalm and The Lord's Prayer.
"All right, warden," he said upon finishing. "Let's give them what they want."
For his last meal, White requested for four Spanish omelets with gravy and hash brown potatoes on the side, six pieces of buttered toast, a gallon of milk, sliced peppers, onion rings, french fries, a cheeseburger, a pork chop and gravy, fried chicken, six slices of bread, a pitcher of ice, two Cokes, peach cobbler and vanilla ice cream.
Four more executions are scheduled this year in Texas.
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