10 April 2013 :

Rickey Lynn Lewis, 50, black, was executed.
He was sentenced to death on May 6, 1994 for the Sept. 17, 1990 killing of 45-year-old George Newman, and the rape of Newman's fiancee, Connie Hilton.
The Associated Press normally does not name rape victims, but Hilton agreed in an interview to be identified. She has written a book that includes her experiences as a crime victim and uses it in her work with a prison ministry organization: Bridges to Life, a restorative justice program.
"God's gotten me through this," the 63-year-old said.
Two accomplices were never identified. Lewis was arrested three days later after he was seen with some of the items taken from the home. DNA evidence linked him to the attack. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in 1996 upheld Lewis' conviction but reversed his death sentence, finding jurors had faulty instructions when considering his sentence.
At a new punishment trial the following year, Lewis again was sentenced to die. Appeals since then focused on whether Lewis was mentally impaired and ineligible for the death penalty under U.S. Supreme Court rulings. A scheduled 2003 execution was halted to review the mental impairment claims, which courts eventually rejected.
At least 11 other Texas inmates have executions scheduled through July, including three more this month.
Lewis becomes the 2nd inmate to be put to death this year in Texas, the 494th overall since the state resumed capital punishment on Dec. 7, 1982, the 6th inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1326th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.