The State of Texas executed 48 year-old Carl Blue Thursday night. He was put to death for killing his former girlfriend in 1994.
Blue was convicted of setting 38 year-old Carmen Richards-Sanders on fire at her Bryan apartment.
According to information on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's death row website, Blue threw gasoline on Richards-Sanders when she opened the door to her apartment. He then ignited her clothes with a lighter. Blue also threw gasoline on a man in the apartment—who caught on fire when he tried to help Richards-Sanders.
Richards-Sanders died at the hospital from her injuries. The man survived.
Blue said that the incident was a prank gone wrong but prosecutors said the attack was from jealousy.
The U.S. Supreme Court decided not to stop the execution.
Blue was the first prisoner executed in the state so far this year. Right now, eleven other inmates are scheduled for execution through July.
