COP KILLER EXECUTED

Oldest Texas death row inmate executed for Houston officer's death

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Texas’ oldest death row inmate faces execution Thursday for killing a Houston police officer during a traffic stop nearly 32 years ago.

Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, was sentenced to death for the June 1990 fatal shooting of Houston police officer James Irby, a nearly 20-year member of the force.

Buntion had been on parole for just six weeks when he shot the 37-year-old Irby. Buntion, who had an extensive criminal record, was a passenger in the car Irby pulled over. In 2009, an appeals court vacated Buntion’s sentence, but another jury resentenced him to death three years later.

Before his death, Irby had talked of retirement and spending more time with his two children, who were 1 and 3 years old at the time, said his wife, Maura Irby.

He was ready to fill out the paperwork and stay home and open a feed store,” Maura Irby, 60, said. “He wanted to be the dad that was there to go to all the ballgames and the father-daughter dances. He was a super guy, the love of my life.”

The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday afternoon declined to halt Buntion’s execution. Various state and federal courts had already turned down similar appeals. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday rejected his clemency request.

December 22, 2024
Michael MK

Michael MK
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