Rosendo Rodriguez
Rosendo Rodriguez III, 38, was executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on March 27, 2018, one day after his birthday. Texas Department of Criminal Justice records and news accounts say he was pronounced dead about twenty-two minutes after pentobarbital was given. His family watched from behind a glass pane, and he spoke his last words about joining his God and father. His lawyers argued until the end that claims about the medical examiner's testimony at his trial deserved review, and the U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeal shortly before the scheduled time; the state called the appeal improper and meritless.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held him); his family's lawyers (family or their lawyers).