Robert Gene Garza

Robert Garza, a 30-year-old Hispanic man, was executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on September 19, 2013. Before the execution, he maintained that a statement he gave police had been coerced, according to CBS News. Last-day appeals delayed the execution by about two hours. As friends and relatives entered the death chamber, he smiled, blew them a kiss, thanked them for coming and told them he loved them.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Robert Garza maintained that a statement he gave police was coerced, according to the accounts.

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him); news reports.

Sources (2)

• Executed Inmates Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Executed Inmates and Electrocutions
• Robert Gene Garza, Texas man, executed for gang ambush that killed 4 women CBS News, September 20, 2013