Draggingtree Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Death Row Information Scheduled Executions Scheduled Execution Link Last Name First Name TDCJ Number Date of Birth Race Date Received County 08/07/2024 Inmate Information Burton Arthur 999283 03/29/1970 B 09/16/1998 Harris 09/24/2024 Inmate Information Mullis Travis 999563 09/20/1986 W 05/23/2011 Galveston 10/01/2024 Inmate Information White Garcia 999205 02/04/1963 B 09/13/1996 Harris 10/17/2024 Inmate Information Roberson, III Robert 999442 11/10/1966 W 02/21/2003 Anderson 02/05/2025 Inmate Information Nelson Steven 999576 02/18/1987 B 10/16/2012 Tarrant Last updated August 1, 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 Man who killed a Houston mother with her shoelaces 27 years ago set to be executed on Wednesday ByJessica Willey Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:16AM A man on death row since the '90s will face the death chamber on Wednesday in the murder of a Houston mom whom investigators say forgave him for accosting her but paid with her life. HUNTSVILLE, Texas (KTRK) -- Death row inmate Arthur Lee Burton is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday for the capital murder of Nancy Adleman nearly three decades ago. In July 1997, Adleman never came back from a run along the bayou near West Road and Beltway 8. Her partially clothed body was found in a hole a day later. Her family and friends described her as a devout Christian and beloved wife and mother of three children. Along the bayou, a large white cross was erected as a memorial to Adleman years ago and still stands today. By August 1997, Burton was arrested and charged with capital murder. Then-sheriff, Tommy Thomas, said Burton confessed to attacking Adleman and dragging her into the woods where he attempted to sexually assault her before strangling her with her own shoelace. He also told investigators about her dying words, Thomas said. "She did have a conversation while this attack was taking place and she told him that she did forgive him and asked if he believed in God," Thomas told reporters in 1997. "She would do that. She had a very strong faith," said Mark Adleman, Nancy's husband. There was a capital murder conviction and two death sentences because one was reversed. The latest effort in mid-July called into question the death warrant paperwork. It could have put the execution on hold, but last week, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals sided with the State. "It was ultimately a paperwork violation," said Josh Reiss, Chief of the Post Conviction Writs Division with the Harris County District Attorney's Office. A question about whether Burton is intellectually disabled is still before the U.S. Supreme Court. "This is an appropriate circumstance for the death penalty. Any woman who has exercised alone, this is your worst nightmare," said Reiss. The victim's daughter, Sarah Adleman, told ABC13 her father and brother will attend the execution. In a text, she wrote, "We each have a choice in every moment to create the reality from where we live. May we remember to choose kindness, especially in the face of sorrow. Loss is what connects us to one another." District Attorney Kim Ogg will also be in Hunstville Wednesday, according to her office. If the execution is carried out, Burton will be the third person put to death in Texas in 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 Who is Arthur Lee Burton? Burton grew up fatherless with his brother, Michael Burton, who testified that they were on welfare as children and sometimes went without food or electricity, according to a federal appeals document filed by the state in 2010. Burton's mother, Fannie Burton, told the court in 2002 that her son "loved to build things," while his common-law wife of eight years, Felicia Batts, said he was a "very sweet person who treated her son like he was his own." Batts testified that nothing happened that would anger Burton a week before Adleman's murder. She also said he returned home on the night of the killing with a flat tire on his bicycle and he was "laughing and seemed normal." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 Arthur Lee Burton executed in Houston for 1977 murder of Nancy Adleman Randy Wallace Wed, August 7, 2024 at 10:31 PM CDT HOUSTON - The appeal process for Arthur Lee Burton took 27 years. His lethal injection was at 6:23pm Wednesday and he was pronounced dead at 6:48 p.m. "Arthur Burton was put to death because Texas juries believe the punishment should fit the crime," said Harris County DA Kim Ogg. In July 1997, 48-year-old Nancy Adleman a mother of three went jogging along white Oak Bayou. Burton confronted her, forced her into a nearby wooded area, and was attempting to rape her when Adleman heard someone approaching and screamed. That's when he strangled her with her own shoelaces. Investigators say Burton confessed saying she asked me why I was doing it and that I didn't have to do it. "She asked him if he knew God and she forgave him, and he murdered her," Ogg said. "He went back to the scene several times because he heard her coming back to life." https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-executes-death-row-inmate-001827267.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 Arthur Lee Burton executed in Houston for 1977 murder of Nancy Adleman Randy Wallace Wed, August 7, 2024 at 10:31 PM CDT HOUSTON - The appeal process for Arthur Lee Burton took 27 years. His lethal injection was at 6:23pm Wednesday and he was pronounced dead at 6:48 p.m. "Arthur Burton was put to death because Texas juries believe the punishment should fit the crime," said Harris County DA Kim Ogg. In July 1997, 48-year-old Nancy Adleman a mother of three went jogging along white Oak Bayou. Burton confronted her, forced her into a nearby wooded area, and was attempting to rape her when Adleman heard someone approaching and screamed. That's when he strangled her with her own shoelaces. Investigators say Burton confessed saying she asked me why I was doing it and that I didn't have to do it. "She asked him if he knew God and she forgave him, and he murdered her," Ogg said. "He went back to the scene several times because he heard her coming back to life." https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-executes-death-row-inmate-001827267.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 Misleading Headline Arthur Lee Burton executed in Houston for 1977 murder of Nancy Adleman The Huntsville Unit is the location of the State of Texas execution chamber. The TDCJ houses male death row inmates in the Polunsky Unit and female death row inmates in the Mountain View Unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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