Texas: HUNTSVILLE, Texas

U.S. Supreme Court Dept: HUNTSVILLE, Texas - A former Army recruiter failed to win a fourth reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court and was executed Tuesday evening in Texas for participating in the shooting death of a Sudanese woman he and a buddy met 10 years ago at a bar, according to Winnipeg Free Press. His attorneys argued he was innocent of the 2002 slaying of Nyaneur Pal, a 30-year-old immigrant from Sudan. They also said he had deficient legal help at his trial and in early stages of his appeals and argued that his case deserved a closer look and convicted killer Cleve Foster was executed Tuesday evening in Texas for participating in the shooting death of a Sudanese woman. Foster had received three reprieves from the U.S. Supreme Court, including two last year when he was within hours of execution. MICHAEL GRACZYK / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES Cleve Foster was pronounced dead at 6:43 p.m. CDT 2343 GMT , 25 minutes after his lethal injection began and two hours after the high court refused to postpone his punishment. Three times last year the justices stopped his scheduled punishment, once when he was moments from being led to the death chamber. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.