Jose Padilla has been convicted of supporting terrorism, according to this AP story.

Murderer Executed:

A Texas man was executed Wednesday for the 1998 rape and murder of a single mother in Bay City, Texas as reported in this story by Peggy O'Hare in the Houston Chronicle. Kenneth Ray Parr was 18 when he and his younger brother broke into 28-year-old Suzie Malek's trailer as she lay asleep with her two young children. She was forced to the floor and raped before being shot twice in the head, with the children, then 6 and 8 watching. While in prison, Parr had been a discipline problem. In one incident he attacked a female officer and threw her down a flight of stairs.

Coverage of the Kevin Foster case has drawn the ire of blogger Ann Althouse. "I'm opposed to the death penalty, but I still want journalism about executions to play it straight." Also, "journalists need to report the facts in an accurate and neutral fashion, not from an advocate's position. " (hat tip: SL&P)