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Robert Lynn Pruett (September 18, 1979 – October 12, 2017) was a Texas man convicted and executed for the 1999 murder of TDCJ Correctional Officer Daniel Nagle (September 9, 1962 – December 17, 1999) at the McConnell Unit, Bee County.
Oct 12, 2017 · Robert Pruett was executed in Huntsville Thursday night, completing the death sentence he received more than 15 years ago in the 1999 murder of prison guard Daniel Nagle. Nagle was 37 when he...
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On Thursday night, Robert Pruett became the sixth person to be executed in Texas so far this year. He spent the last 15 years insisting he was innocent — and some wondered whether there was sufficient evidence to send him to his death. Here's what you need to know: • Robert Lynn Pruett was a 20-year-old in prison in 1999, sentenced to 99 years afte...
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Oct 12, 2017 · Robert Lynn Pruett, 38, was executed by lethal injection on 12 October 2017 in Huntsville, Texas for the murder of a correctional officer while in prison.
Oct 13, 2017 · Robert Pruett, 33, was sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of correctional officer Daniel Nagle. Pruett says he was framed by corrupt guards and inmates while the prison employee union...
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Oct 13, 2017 · Robert Pruett, 38, was put to death by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville and pronounced dead at 6:46 p.m. (2346 GMT), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. He...
Oct 10, 2017 · A man convicted in the 1999 murder of a Texas prison guard faces execution Thursday for the sixth time in a case where DNA testing has taken center stage. Robert Pruett was sentenced to death in...
