The Pickaxe Murders

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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• "USA: TEXAS: Karla Faye Tucker Execution Looks Set To Go Ahead", AP Archive, July 21, 2015
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