Manuel Garza
Manuel Fernando Garza junior (born August 8, 1980 in Bexar County , Texas , † April 15, 2015 in Walker County , Texas) was an American sentenced to death who was executed in 2015 for the murder of a police officer.
Events
On 2 February 2001 shot Manuel Garza in San Antonio the SWAT -Beamten John Riojas from the San Antonio Police Department. Riojas was part of a team of investigators to solve property crimes in an apartment complex. When he wanted to establish the identity of Manuel Garza, whom he met by chance, a persecution on foot developed. When Garza was caught up with, a scuffle broke out in which he disarmed the officer and shot him with his own service weapon.
He was arrested at his sister's home two days later and charged with murder. Garza had a multiple criminal record and blamed the police himself for the murder. In October 2002, a jury sentenced him to death. The verdict and sentence were upheld by the Texas Court of Appeals in 2005. All subsequent state and federal appeals were denied.
In 2001 the legislature in Texas proposed a new law because of this murder, which upgrades the disarmament of a police officer to a capital crime of the third degree and carries a prison sentence of up to ten years. The law was passed by the House and Senate in 2005 and signed by Governor Rick Perry .
Garza was executed by lethal injection in the Huntsville Unit in April 2015 . Garza is the first inmate to be killed by Texas authorities with a new shipment of the narcotic pentobarbital .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrolman John Anthony "Rocky" Riojas
- ^ Execution Report
- ↑ 'Rocky's bill'
- ^ Execution Report
- ↑ Death penalty: Texas executes police murderers
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Garza, Manuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Garza junior, Manuel Fernando |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American murderer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bexar County , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 2015 |
| Place of death | Huntsville, Texas, USA |