Execution Report: Norman Green

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A jury found Green guilty of capital murder in September 1985 and sentenced him to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned that verdict, finding that the trial judge erred in disqualifying a potential juror who expressed reservations about the death penalty. Green was subsequently convicted and sentenced to death in 1990 after a new trial. That conviction and sentence were upheld by state and federal appeals courts.

Bowens was released on parole in early 2016. He will remain under state supervision for the rest of his life.

Green denied requests for interviews from the media while on Death Row.

The victim's parents, Ernest and Iris Adams, and sister, Tammy, attended Green's execution.

Green declined to make a last statement. He was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m.

Even though Green publicly maintained his innocence, Iris Adams said he privately confessed to her in the courtroom before his first trial.

"Somebody called my name," Mrs. Adams said, "and he turned around and looked me in the face and said, 'I'm sorry.' If you hit my dog and look me in the face and say, 'I'm sorry,' that's one thing. He deliberately killed my son."

When a reporter asked Mrs. Adams if she believed Green was sorry, she replied, "I think he's sorry he got caught."

By David Carson. Posted on 14 June 2016.
Sources: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, court documents, Associated Press, San Antonio Express-News.