My Crime Library Presents: Jerry Martin Texas Death Row His execution was the third this year in Texas and the fifth nationally. Ruiz, 44, was pronounced dead 29 minutes later at 11:06 p.m. All movement stopped within about 30 seconds. I love you all.”Īs the lethal dose of pentobarbital was administered, he took several deep breaths, then began snoring quietly. He also thanked his own family for their love and support. “May this bring you peace and forgiveness.” “Words cannot begin to express how sorry I am and the hurt I have caused you and your family,” he told them as they looked through a window a few feet from him. Ruiz, strapped to the Texas death chamber gurney, looked directly at two sisters of his victim and their husbands and apologized profusely. Ruiz was paid $2,000 to carry out the killing. Rolando Ruiz was given a lethal injection for fatally shooting Theresa Rodriguez, 29, outside her home in 1992 as she was getting out of a car with her husband and brother-in-law, who both orchestrated her murder. A paid hit man was executed Tuesday night in Texas for gunning down a San Antonio woman in a life insurance scheme nearly a quarter-century ago.
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