Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Texas executes former officer who hired hitmen to kill his wife

Texas

Former officer executed for hiring hitman to murder estranged wife. Defense team argued that prosecutors withheld evidence of hypnosis. Execution carried out despite temporary injunction on use of expired drugs. A former suburban Houston police officer, Robert Fratta, has been put to death via lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. He had … Read more