Convicted murderer executed in Texas
It was the 11th execution this year in Texas
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The state of Texas on Tuesday executed a death row inmate convicted of fatally shooting a man in 1998, after robbing his victim of eight dollars.
Juan Garcia, 35, was pronounced dead at 6:26 pm local time (2326 GMT), a prison system spokeswoman told AFP. He was put to death by lethal injection.
Garcia, who was a teenager at the time of the murder, previously had sought clemency over mental health issues, but filed no appeal on Tuesday.
It was the 11th execution this year in Texas, the US state with the greatest number of people put to death, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
