Originally published by the Texas Tribune. The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans—and engages with them—about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.
Note: This story references a racial slur.
Update 2/9/2023: Texas on Wednesday evening executed John Lezell Balentine hours after the state’s highest criminal court reinstated the execution, overruling a state district judge who had delayed it last week because his lawyers weren’t given enough notice of the execution date.
