Texas Execution: New Confession, Old Appeals

0:00James Broadnax, a 37-year-old from North Texas, faces execution by lethal injection this Thursday evening for a double murder nearly 18 years ago. Back in 2008, he and his cousin Robden shot two men, Stephen Swann and Matthew Butler, outside a music studio in Garland, a Dallas, suburb. Prosecutors say Broadnax confessed, admitting he pulled the trigger with no regrets. Now his lawyers are pushing hard with last-minute appeals to the US Supreme Court. The big twist is Broadnax's cousin, Demarius Cummings, who got life without parole, just confessed on video that he was the shooter, saying he killed. Both victims. Cummings apologized to the families for his role in the robbery. Broadnax's team points the DNA on the gun and in one victim's pocket that matches Cummings, not Broadnax. They also claim prosecutors struck potential black jurors based on race during selection, violating his rights under a key Supreme Court ruling from. 1986.

1:00Earlier appeals failed, including one over rap lyrics, Broadnax wrote that painted him as violent big names like Travis Scott, back that fight. The state calls Cummings confession questionable and says jurors were dismissed for opposing the death penalty, not race. Texas denied a reprieve, Tuesday, and Matthew Butler's mom insists it's all a stall tactic. If it goes ahead, Broadnax becomes the third execution this year in the state that leads the nation. I stay glued to the Supreme Court as this tense saga hangs in the balance. This has been El Paso News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story.