By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 03:40 EST, 11 October 2012 | UPDATED: 06:32 EST, 11 October 2012 An inmate on death row used his last breath to protest his innocence of the murder of a 12-year-old girl as he was executed in Texas last night despite his legal team arguing he was mentally ill. Jonathan Green, 44, was jailed for the abduction, rape and strangling of Christina Neal, 12, whose body was found at his home  a month after she was reported missing in 2000. Several last ditch appeals were made on the basis of his mental health in an attempt to save him from the death penalty but Green was given a lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the arguments to spare him.
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Jonathan Green, 44, was jailed for the abduction, rape and strangling of schoolgirl Christina Neal, aged 12
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Her body was found at Green's home  a month after she was reported missing in 2000
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Green claimed he was innocent while his lawyers argued he was mentally ill
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Supreme Court dismissed appeals as mental illness can't disqualify someone from execution if they understand the sentence and reasons for punishment
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