http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/white-supremacist-executed-for-911-revenge-spree-despite-plea-from-victim-2318498.htmlBy Rupert Cornwell in Washington
Friday, 22 July 2011
Despite a dramatic legal effort by one of his victims to prevent the execution, a white supremacist was put to death early yesterday for killing an Asian shopkeeper. Mark Stroman, 41, had gone on a shooting spree that he claimed was in retaliation for the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
Stroman died by lethal injection in the Texas death chamber in Huntsville, after a state appeals court had rejected the claim of Rais Bhuiyan – a Bangladeshi man who had been shot by Stroman but survived – that his Muslim religion allowed him to forgive his assailant.
"Killing him is not the solution," Mr Bhuiyan said. "He's learning from his mistake. If he's given a chance, he's able to reach out to others and spread that message to others."