Houston, TX - Two people are hideously murdered with - of all things! - a pickaxe. The murderers are quickly brought to justice, but when one of them turns out to be a woman and she ends up on Death Row ... well, suddenly the eyes of the whole daggum world were on Texas.
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Sources:
- Siemaszko, Corky. "The day the pickaxe killer Karla Faye Tucker was executed in 1998". NYDailyNews.com, Feb 3, 2016
- King, Larry. "Karla Faye Tucker: Born again on death row", CNN, posted March 26, 2007
- "USA: TEXAS: Karla Faye Tucker Execution Looks Set To Go Ahead", AP Archive, July 21, 2015
- ClarkProsecutor.org
- Murderpedia
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- Justia
