The thymus gland is located in the neck above the heart. The function of the thymus gland is to generate mature T lymphocytes (white blood cels that help the immune system fight off illness).he function of the thymus gland is to generate mature T lymphocytes (white blood cels that help the immune system fight off illness).
An African-American boy, George Stinney Jr., who was executed at age 14 in the killing of two young white girls has been exonerated in South Carolina, 70 years after he became the youngest person executed in the U.S. in the 1900s. A judge ruled he was denied due process.
UPDATE, TUE, 7:00 AM: On Monday, lawyers for so-called Railroad Killer Angel Maturino Resendiz asked the US Supreme Court to block his execution in Texas. Resendiz faces lethal injection Tuesday in Huntsville, for the 1998 fatal stabbing and bludgeoning of a Houston-area physician.esendiz was the 13th Texas death row inmate to be executed this year. UPDATE, TUE 7:45 PM: The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected all final appeals for so-called Railroad Killer Angel Maturino Resendiz.