Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld the suit's dismissal and also declined to stay the execution. The suit was dismissed earlier this month by a Houston federal judge, who also declined to stay the execution. Martinez ruled she lacked jurisdiction to consider the request. In July, Rhoades' attorneys had filed a federal lawsuit against state District Judge Ana Martinez in Houston over a request they had made that the judge order prosecutors to release information related to allegations some jurors were dismissed based on racial discrimination.

It's the most solemn thing I think I've ever been part of, if that's the word that's even appropriate.' 'It's a weird feeling,' Kevin Allen, whose two brothers were slain, said after witnessing the execution. Marley Allen Holt, Bradley Allen's daughter who now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and who was born during Rhoades' trial, said she attended Tuesday's punishment because Rhoades watched her father die and 'I wanted to watch him die.' Let us honor the memory of the victims, Charles and Bradley Allen, and never forget that our focus has and always will be on the victims.' 'The death penalty should be reserved for the worst of the worst, and a Harris County jury determined long ago that this defendant fits the bill. 'We hope the Allen family finds peace after nearly 30 years of waiting for justice for their loved ones,' Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, who attended the execution, said in a statement. TEXAS DEATH ROW STATISTICS: From the average age of a person on death row to the longest time spent there, here's what to know about Texas executions.

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