Daniel Lee Lopez
Daniel Lopez, 27, was executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on August 12, 2015, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. His attorneys argued that mental illness drove his wish to die and that he should not have been found competent to make that decision, but the U.S. Supreme Court rejected their appeals. CBS News reported that Lopez had told the court he had accepted his fate and was ready to move on. He had said at his sentencing hearing that he wanted to die and never meant to harm the officer.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. His attorneys argued that mental illness drove his wish to die and that he should not have been found competent to make that decision, but the U.S. Supreme Court rejected their appeals.
Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him); news reporting on the execution.