{"id":55810,"date":"2026-05-01T00:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/01\/north-texas-man-executed-as-his-cousin-claims-i-was-the-killer-in-fatal-2008-robbery-cnn\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T00:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:34:00","slug":"north-texas-man-executed-as-his-cousin-claims-i-was-the-killer-in-fatal-2008-robbery-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/01\/north-texas-man-executed-as-his-cousin-claims-i-was-the-killer-in-fatal-2008-robbery-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas man executed as his cousin claims \u2018I was the killer\u2019 in fatal 2008 robbery &#8211; CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxNVnd5OGV2UUFfTVk5QVZHWjBCcFNJZV9pZy1jTzU3WmUzczRBcEpuTHFIbmdxeHoxYWJhNXBZRXVINXp5cG5EMVFZN0lQcDBUX1FNYVRpYmhOanVkUGRSNkxNU1FuejVwQnR3MDdXYlZpUkVqeWx3QVYydzV3SWhQRkJ3WWU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">North Texas man executed as his cousin claims \u2018I was the killer\u2019 in fatal 2008 robbery<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxOSW1zajQwXzNYT1AwUnBwSzBWblF5U05iLUZMcVJQQnZIUDVzTnNzMlBFRk9mTThPSXRpMGlIOFBiTHR3R3ZfU0pBNUR4cEg3QnUzSU9mazlCeFRUNFdGYk1hLVh0aHBYXzcydXpKUmQ4TWFPd05laUw5R01vTmRNT0tZbjgzZEpuV0dNQzNuZ3NXVjhJVV9udW9DdWNjSFJ5ZkFhZQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">James Broadnax Executed After Being Sentenced to Death Based on Rap Lyrics<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Rolling Stone<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Texas executes convicted killer claiming innocence as cousin\u2019s last-minute confession falls flat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPZXFwQlQ2dTFuSkQ4cXFKcmZtbElGU25ENlo1YWU2dS1ZVGx3Y3dxdFhhNDFGWEY4bW1OUndWMFlQZGtHMWlKajRIVEhKb3BvbnNLUy1mbU5ZX0lzSXVVUmFDMC1GM2YyOVJrWWpWVi11N1NHT0FzVWZNdmFnWVlZLTdFTVlZM0EzTWZUNDQ2cGdvSTd0WFBfNDVR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Prosecutors used rap lyrics to help send a man to death row in Texas. It&#8217;s not an uncommon tactic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE5SM1FVUXVzbkxKTmN6cVBwWVpaYXBpc05KQnkzQWZUWXFubU5XU0xzbFJ1ci0xTGZBdFlZNlJPb3VMY1JnM0ViajlmVUlTZVpOa0w4VWtBdHV5eF9YbkpDamw2TzdiTkNwUUlkT0p6SjFnVmdIOEtZWlFrTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Texas executes James Broadnax after Supreme Court rejects final appeal tied to cousin\u2019s confession<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Texas Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Texas man executed as his cousin claims \u2018I was the killer\u2019 in fatal 2008 robbery&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN James Broadnax Executed After Being Sentenced to Death Based&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/01\/north-texas-man-executed-as-his-cousin-claims-i-was-the-killer-in-fatal-2008-robbery-cnn\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}