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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Kansas prison escapee was executed Wednesday for fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy who was trying to pull him over for stealing $22.50 worth of gasoline from a service station.
Charles Edward Smith did not make a final statement. He was pronounced dead at 6:41 p.m., 11 minutes after the lethal drugs began to flow. The execution had been delayed slightly because of difficulty finding veins for the needles carrying the drugs.
For a moment, Smith glanced through a window at friends and relatives of slain Pecos County Deputy Tim Hudson.
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