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Juan Raul Garza
Juan Raul Garza
Status	Executed
Conviction(s)	Murder
Criminal penalty	Death penalty

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Juan Raul Garza (c. 1957 – June 19, 2001) was an American murderer and drug trafficker who was executed for a federal crime.

In 1993, Garza was convicted of murdering three people while running a marijuana smuggling and distribution ring based in Brownsville, Texas. He was sentenced to death and appealed on the basis that the jury were apparently not told that they had the power to recommend life imprisonment instead of the death sentence. Garza's lawyers also claimed that it was unfair that the jury were told that Garza was suspected of four murders in Mexico given that, although a prime suspect in these crimes, he had never been charged or convicted of them.

His appeals failed and on June 19, 2001, aged forty-four, Garza was executed at the Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute by lethal injection. He was pronounced dead at 7:09 a.m. His execution came just eight days after Timothy McVeigh's. Garza's and McVeigh's deaths were the first federal executions since 1963.

References

Juan Raul Garza. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.

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 '''Juan Raul Garza''' (c. 1957 &ndash; [[June 19]], [[2001]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[murder]]er and [[Illegal drug trade|drug trafficker]] who was executed for a [[federal crime]].
-In 1993, Garza was convicted of murdering three people while running a [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] smuggling and distribution ring based in [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]], [[Texas]]. He was sentenced to death and appealed on the basis that the [[jury]] were apparently not told that they had the power to recommend [[life imprisonment]] instead of the [[capital punishment|death sentence]]. Garza's lawyers also claimed that it was unfair that the jury were told that Garza was suspected of four murders in [[Mexico]] given that, although a prime suspect in these crimes, he had never been charged or convicted of them.
+In 1993, Garza was convicted of murdering three people while running a [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] smuggling and distribution ring based in [[Brownsville, Texas]]. He was sentenced to death and appealed on the basis that the [[jury]] were apparently not told that they had the power to recommend [[life imprisonment]] instead of the [[capital punishment|death sentence]]. Garza's lawyers also claimed that it was unfair that the jury were told that Garza was suspected of four murders in [[Mexico]] given that, although a prime suspect in these crimes, he had never been charged or convicted of them.
-The appeals failed and on [[June 19]], [[2001]], aged forty-four, Garza was executed at the [[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute]] by lethal injection. He was pronounced dead at 7:09 a.m. His execution came just eight days after [[Timothy McVeigh]]'s. Garza's and McVeigh's deaths were the first federal executions since 1963.
+His appeals failed and on June 19, 2001, aged forty-four, Garza was executed at the [[Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute]] by lethal injection. He was pronounced dead at 7:09 a.m. His execution came just eight days after [[Timothy McVeigh]]'s. Garza's and McVeigh's deaths were the first federal executions since 1963.
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