Rick Rhoades
Rick Rhoades, 57, was executed by lethal injection by the State of Texas at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville on September 28, 2021. ABC13 Houston reported that he was pronounced dead at 6:29 p.m., about 17 minutes after the pentobarbital injection began. His attorneys argued that racial discrimination in jury selection at his trial made the sentence unfair, and they pursued that claim through the courts. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to delay the execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Rick Rhoades's attorneys pursued claims of possible racial discrimination in jury selection at his trial, which the U.S. Supreme Court declined to delay the execution over.
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.