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One of the remaining Texas 7 prison escapees had his request to delay his execution denied Wednesday. Patrick Murphy, 58, is scheduled to be executed Nov. 13 for his role in the 2003 murder of Irving police Officer Aubrey Hawkins. Murphy was serving a 50-year sentence for sexual assault with a deadly weapon on Dec. 13, 2000, when he and …

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