Maintained his innocence right up to the very end.

1/ Texas executed tonight Larry Swearingen for the killing of 19-year-old Melissa Trotter.

He has maintained his innocence. His lawyer says bad science got him on death row.

His final words: “Lord forgive them. They don’t know what they are doing.” https://t.co/ypXu7pB2Yi

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) August 22, 2019