Eric Nenno
Eric Nenno worked as a plumbing supply salesman. The State of Texas executed him by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville on October 28, 2008, and he was pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m. Central Daylight Time, eight minutes after the drugs began to flow, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and NBC News. His attorneys said he had been exposed to toxic chemicals during a four-year military duty tour that left him brain-damaged, a claim they raised before the execution. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously against clemency, and his appeals had been exhausted.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. His attorneys said he had been exposed to toxic chemicals during a military duty tour that left him brain-damaged.
Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him); news reports.