Edward Busby
Edward Busby, a 53-year-old Black man, was executed by lethal injection in the death chamber at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on May 14, 2026, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. A federal appeals court had stayed the execution over concerns about intellectual disability, but the U.S. Supreme Court lifted that stay the same day over the objections of three liberal justices. In his final statement he expressed remorse and said he never meant the woman involved any harm. He was declared dead at 8:11 p.m.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. A federal appeals court had stayed the execution over concerns about intellectual disability, but the U.S. Supreme Court lifted that stay.
Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him); U.S. Supreme Court (court).