White is set to become the sixth man executed in the U.S. in a 10-day period and the fifth inmate put to death in Texas so far this year.

The evidence of his disability became available after the state district court signed an order for execution, but the Court of Criminal Appeals "has rejected this claim without an evidentiary hearing,

In this photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Texas death row inmate Garcia White. White, who is linked to five killings and convicted of fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls more than three decades ago is facing execution. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP) AP

A Texas man linked to five killings and convicted of fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls more than three decades ago is facing execution on Tuesday evening. Garcia White was condemned for the December 1989 killings of Annette and Bernette Edwards.

Garcia Glen White's attorneys argue that his mental deficiencies combined with prolonged use of crack cocaine are responsible for the murder of 16-year-old identical twin girls.

On Tuesday, Texas is set to execute Garcia Glen White for the 1989 murders of teenage twin girls. But White says he doesn't deserve to die.

Garcia White, who was sentenced to death in 1996 for murdering 16-year-old twins, was also linked to killing three others. He would be the fifth Texas inmate executed in 2024.