USA - Texas. Frank Garcia, 39, Hispanic, has been put to death

Frank Garcia, 39, Hispanic, has been put to death. Garcia was sentenced to death on Feb. 12, 2002 (see) for killing 48-year-old Officer Hector Garza who was trying to resolve a domestic dispute on March 29, 2001. Garcia's wife, Jessica, also was killed in the gunfire. Garcia becomes the 12th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas, and the 476th overall since the state resumed capital punishment on December 17, 1982. Garcia becomes the 39th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1273rd overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977.