TX Execution: He’ll Get Lethal Injection Tomorrow, But Another Guy Has Confessed to the Crime
Amy & T.J.
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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
This is set to be the second execution in the U.S. on the same day, Thursday, April 30th. 37-year-old James Broadnax was convicted of a double homicide while robbing two young music producers. Broadnax’s cousin, who was also convicted in the crime, has now issued an affidavit saying he was the one who pulled the trigger, killing 26-year-old Stephen Swan and 28-year-old Matthew Butler.
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| 0:36.0 | It is Wednesday, April 29th, and the state of Texas is set to execute a man, |
| 0:43.3 | but here's the thing. They're going to execute him for a murder that another man has confessed to. |
| 0:51.1 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs. This is one of two executions |
| 0:56.0 | scheduled for this evening in the U.S., one in Florida. This one in Texas. And this one has |
| 1:02.6 | all kinds of appeals flying around. You got rappers involved and another confession. |
| 1:10.2 | This is a doozy of a case. It certainly is. We're talking about |
| 1:13.8 | 37-year-old James Broadnax, but SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, has denied |
| 1:20.0 | all of those appeals you were just talking about because this has been a headline maker, |
| 1:25.3 | a headline grabber because of some of the powerful folks who have been |
| 1:30.0 | on his side. Yeah, and you have issues here, robes involving race. You have issues involving |
| 1:37.4 | rap. And we're going to get to both of them, but the crime here is a heinous one. It's a double murder he was convicted of, |
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