They are a pair that had been implicated in other burglaries. They were committing burglary that day.

However, that is not a capitol offence. Not even in Texas.

The homeowner executed them. The girl with a pistol shoved up under her chin after she was incapacitated.

There is no death penalty in Minnesota and for that I am glad.

Instead he will spend the rest of his life, and I pray it is a long and miserable life, looking at four walls knowing the only way out of them will be when he is released into Hell’s reception room.