Executed
James Freeman
James Freeman, 35, was an unemployed welder, according to his trial lawyer. The State of Texas executed him by lethal injection of pentobarbital at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville on January 27, 2016, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said he was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. His lawyers had raised appeals in the weeks before the execution, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review his last appeal on January 11. He declined to make a final statement, according to The Texas Tribune.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him); news reports.