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Saving souls, destroying bodies

William Speer, 49, has been on death row in Texas for decades

William Speer, 49, is set to be executed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at the Huntsville Unit. The scheduled injection of lethal drugs is set for 6 p.m.

Later today, William Keith Speer will become the seventh inmate executed in Texas this year — unless the state agrees to stay his execution. The sister of the man he strangled to death in 1997 says Speer is a changed man.

Will Speer is one of the first faith-based coordinators for Texas inmates facing the death penalty. He’s scheduled to be executed this week.

Texas offers religious education to the condemned but rarely values religious growth when considering clemency requests.

Saving body and soul