Donnie Lee Roberts
Donnie Lee Roberts, 41, was put to death by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on October 31, 2012, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Before the drug took effect, he asked friends to tell his daughter that he loved her. The U.S. Supreme Court had declined to review his case earlier that week, and no further appeals were filed. He was pronounced dead 23 minutes after the drug began to take effect. The Guardian reported that critics of Texas's death penalty raised concerns about wrongful convictions and fairness in the executions the state carries out.
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.