Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant won’t stop execution for 1990 slayings

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant won’t stop execution for 1990 slayings

A Mississippi man who fatally stabbed four young nieces and nephews in a 1990 rampage faced scheduled execution Tuesday evening, despite the pleas of two sisters to spare the brother who murdered their children.
Henry “Curtis” Jackson Jr. was scheduled to die by injection at 7 p.m. EDT Tuesday.
Jackson spent the day receiving relatives, including one of the sisters whose two children were kililed and who survived after being stabbed five times. The slain children ranged from 2 to 5 years old and were killed as Jackson allegedly was trying to steal his mother’s safe while she was at church.

AP
5/6/12