Samuel Bustamante

Samuel Bustamante, 40, was executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas, on April 27, 2010, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. A former oil field worker, he chose four female friends to witness his final moments in the death chamber. He was pronounced dead at 6:22 p.m., about 90 minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal, and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles had declined to grant clemency.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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

News reports (2)

• Executed Inmates Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Executed Inmates and Electrocutions
• Texas executes man who murdered illegal immigrant - San Diego Union-Tribune San Diego Union-Tribune, April 27, 2010