A Texas man convicted of murder has been executed Thursday night after the Supreme Court of the United States reversed a decision preventing his death.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay for Edward Busby, a Tarrant County man convicted of kidnapping and murdering a retired TCU professor in 2004.

The execution came after a divided Supreme Court lifted a stay over his intellectual‑disability claims, clearing the way for Texas' 600th lethal injection since 1982.

Edward Busby's execution had been on hold for nearly a week but a decision by the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed it to move forward.

A federal appeals court granted Edward Busby a temporary stay after the 53-year-old argued he's intellectually disabled. The ...

Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Tuesday night, becoming the 600th person put to death in Texas since capital punishment resumed in 1982. Busby was convicted in the 2004 abduction and ...

On Thursday evening, Texas executed its 600th inmate on death row.

Edward Busby was executed by lethal injection Thursday, reinforcing Texas’ position as the nation's leader in capital punishment.