Deaths in Custody
Executed

Barney Fuller Jr.

58 years old · died October 5, 2016 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Barney Fuller Jr., 58, was executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on the evening of October 5, 2016, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. WBFF reported that he had asked that his appeals be dropped and made no final statement. The state's execution record lists the cause as a lethal dose of pentobarbital. The prison agency said the time before he was pronounced dead was longer than usual because each body shuts down differently.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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