Texas executes 500th person since resuming death penalty

The US state of Texas has executed its 500th prisoner since it reinstated the death penalty in 1982. Kimberly McCarthy, 52, who was convicted of killing her neighbour in 1997, was given a lethal injection on Wednesday evening. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23075873#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa