The oldest inmate on Texas death row is set for execution on April 21. Carl Wayne Buntion faces lethal injection for killing a Houston police officer nearly 32 years ago during a traffic stop.
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Before his death, James 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. Buntion's attorneys say he is responsible for Irby's death and"deserved to be punished severely for that crime." If Buntion is executed, he would become the oldest person Texas has put to death since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976. The oldest inmate executed in the U.S. in modern times was Walter Moody Jr., who was 83 years old when he was put to death in Alabama in 2018.
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