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26th Texas Execution This Year, 2nd This Month

HeadlineJul 27, 2000

Juan Soria was executed yesterday for the abduction and slaying of a Fort Worth teenager fifteen years ago. The execution by injection was the second this month in Texas and twenty-sixth this year. At least six executions are scheduled for August. Juan Soria spoke slowly and barely audibly for several minutes before his execution, mentioning Allah and love. He was eighteen at the time of the murder.

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