"I feel very proud of them and I think they're like a national treasure and when they say that they were the Greatest Generation, I have to fully endorse that," said Robert Brooks. Eddie Brooks, his father, was also a survivor of the Pearl Harbor bombings.
Edwin Hart Turner, 38, was pronounced dead at 6:21 p.m. at the State Penitentiary at Parchman, executed by lethal injection for the 1995 slayings of store clerk Eddie Brooks and prison guard Everett Curry during two alcohol-and drug-fueled robberies.
Date: Feb 09, 2012
Category: U.S.
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Mississippi man executed for 1995 convenience store killings
Authorities say 38-year-old Edwin Hart Turner received a lethal injection Wednesday and died at 6:21 p.m. CST for his conviction in the slayings of Eddie Brooks and Everett Curry during a pair of gas station holdups. The spree netted Turner and accomplice Paul Murrell Stewart about $400.
Date: Feb 08, 2012
Category: U.S.
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Miss. man executed for 1995 robbery spree killings
Turner was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of Eddie Brooks and Everett Curry, who were slain at two gas stations a few miles apart that were targeted by Turner and another armed friend in a spree that netted them about $400.