Okay, in this case...

Some readers of my blog may think I'm a bleeding heart liberal (Louie D, I'm looking at you!). But I'm all for the death penalty in cases like this:

A man who raped and murdered a 93-year-old woman in her Dallas-area home was executed Wednesday after he apologized to his victim's relatives.

[...] Murray had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for burglaries, but was released on probation after three months. The Ratcliff slaying occurred three months after his release.

Besides the burglaries, his record showed he escaped from jail while awaiting trial and sexually assaulted two other inmates while he was locked up.

Good riddance.