Draggingtree Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Scheduled Execution Link Last Name First Name TDCJ Number Date of Birth Race Date Received County 02/28/2019 Offender Information Coble Billie 000976 09/09/1948 W 06/14/1990 McLennan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 Billie Coble scheduled to become oldest man executed in Texas during modern era of the death penalty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted March 1, 2019 Author Share Posted March 1, 2019 Chaos erupts, 2 arrested during Texas execution JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press•March 1, 2019 HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Chaos erupted outside Texas' death chamber Thursday night when the son of the condemned inmate pounded on the chamber windows, shouted obscenities and threw fists after his father spoke his final words. Billie Wayne Coble, a Vietnam War veteran who killed his estranged wife's parents and brother and threated to do the same to her in 1989, told the five witnesses he selected to attend his execution that he loved them. Coble nodded at them as they watched from the witness room, adding: "Take care." When he finished speaking, his son, a friend and a daughter-in-law became emotional, throwing fists and kicking at others in the death chamber witness area. Officers stepped in but said the witnesses continued to resist and were eventually moved to a courtyard where the son and another man were handcuffed. They were arrested on charges of resisting an officer. "Why are you doing this?" the woman asked. "They just killed his daddy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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