Texas executes Quintin Jones, ending 10-month break in executions

Quintin Jones, 41, was executed by the state of Texas on Wednesday night, breaking a 10-month-long hiatus of executions in the state. Jones was executed for a murder he committed more than 20 years ago.

The execution took place without media witnesses, The Associated Press reports. A spokesperson for the prison did not receive the phone call to inform him it was time to bring reporters to the prison, so they continued waiting in an office across the street while the execution took place, according to AP. "The Texas Department of Criminal Justice can only apologize for this error and nothing like this will ever happen again," the spokesperson said in a statement to AP.