Execution Report: Billy Galloway

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A jury convicted Galloway of capital murder in November 1999 and sentenced him to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence in January 2003. All of his subsequent appeals in state and federal court were denied.

Kevin Scott Varga was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. He was executed one day before Galloway. Deannee Anne Bayless was convicted of murder and sentenced to 40 years in prison. In custody as of this writing, she becomes eligible for parole in 2018. Venus Joy Anderson received limited immunity in exchange for her testimony against the others. She served seven years in prison.

"People are trying to make me a monster," Galloway said in an interview from death row. "I'm not a monster. I made some bad decisions in my life." On the other hand, Galloway said he persuaded the others to make the fateful road trip to Mexico with him out of a "Manson complex".

Galloway did not make any last-day legal moves to attempt to prevent his execution. "I guess I've come to the realization that this is it," he said.

David Logie's father and widow attended Galloway's execution, as did Galloway's father and stepmother and a friend. "If I can go back and change the past, I would," he said, looking at his victim's loved ones. "There's nothing I can do. I'm sorry." Galloway then expressed love to his friend. "That's it," he said to conclude his last statement. The lethal injection was then started. He was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m.

By David Carson. Posted on 14 May 2010.
Sources: Texas Attorney General's office, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, court documents, Associated Press.