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This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Billie Wayne Coble. The Texas death row prisoner once described by a prosecutor as having &quot;a heart full of scorpions&quot; was set to be executed Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, for fatally shooting his estranged wife's parents and her brother, who had been a police officer. Coble was condemned for the August 1989 deaths of Robert and Zelda Vicha and their son, Bobby Vicha, at their homes in Axtell, northeast of Waco. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

Chaos erupts, 2 arrested during Texas execution

By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Billie Wayne Coble. The Texas death row prisoner once described by a prosecutor as having &quot;a heart full of scorpions&quot; was set to be executed Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, for fatally shooting his estranged wife's parents and her brother, who had been a police officer. Coble was condemned for the August 1989 deaths of Robert and Zelda Vicha and their son, Bobby Vicha, at their homes in Axtell, northeast of Waco. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

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This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows inmate Billie Cobble. The 69-year-old prisoner on Texas death row for almost three decades for the slayings near Waco of three people — including the parents of his estranged wife — has lost a federal court appeal, moving him a step closer to execution. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says unreliable and fabricated testimony from two expert prosecution witnesses at the 2008 punishment retrial of Coble was not unconstitutional and didn't harm his case. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)

Condemned killer of 3 near Waco in 1989 loses federal appeal

By MICHAEL GRACZYK - Associated Press