On
this date, 16 May 2007, Cop Killer, Charles Edward Smith was executed by lethal
injection in Texas for the 20 August 1988 murder of Deputy Sheriff Tim Hudson.
Let us honor this fallen policeman and thank God that justice was served. Please
go to the ‘Soldier, Executioner & Pro Lifer’ blog to learn more about this
fallen policeman. Let us hear from the fallen cop’s son here.
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Deputy Sheriff Tim
Hudson
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Summary: Tim Hudson
was a Pecos County Deputy Sheriff, nine months shy of his retirement when he
was sent out on a call that two men had stolen $22 worth of gas from a service
station near Bakersfield. Around midnight, Hudson attempted to pull over a van
that matched the description of the vehicle. Unbeknownst to Hudson, the stolen
van carried two escapees from Kansas, Charles Edward Smith and his cousin
Carroll Bernard Smith. The pair had escaped from a work-release center a week
earlier, and had stolen the van along with a .357 magnum revolver in Houston
and were headed for New Mexico. As Hudson tried to pass the van on the left,
Charles Smith fired three shots into the car. One of the shots struck Tim
Hudson in the side, killing him. The shooting prompted an extensive manhunt
across West Texas that ended with a police chase and shootout. Upon arrest,
Smith gave a complete confession, including a statement that it has been his
lifelong dream to kill a cop and that he felt like his life was complete now.
Three different juries convicted Smith of the murder and three times he was
sentenced to death as a result of two reversals on appeal.
"He
won't kill anyone else. We can guarantee that 100 percent," Gwynn
Hudson Simmons said after watching Smith die. Simmons' father, Tim Hudson, was
the Pecos County sheriff's deputy fatally wounded by Smith in August 1988. "When you have somebody who showed no remorse and
actually bragged about killing a police officer, what can be said? I had no
desire to talk to him and I don't think there was anything he could have said
to me to make any difference."
AUTHOR: Gwynn
Hudson Simmons is the son of Tim Hudson, a police officer shot dead by Charles
Edward Smith on 20 August 1988. He was executed by lethal injection in Texas on
16 May 2007.
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