By Joseph Brown | The Item May 19, 2021 SUBMITTED PHOTO HUNTSVILLE, Texas â A Texas inmate convicted of beating his 83-year-old great aunt to death nearly 22 years ago was executed by lethal injection Wednesday evening, ending a 10-month pause of executions in the nationâs busiest death penalty state. But media witnesses were not allowed to view the process because of a miscommunication between officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. According to TDCJ policy, a media representative from the Associated Press and a media representative from the Huntsville Item are guaranteed an opportunity to witness each execution. âWe have a number of new personnel that are a part of the execution team who have not been a part of an execution in the past,â said TDCJ Director of Communications Jeremy Desel.