Texas Executes Ex-Police Officer Who Hired 2 Men To Kill His Wife
Robert Fratta, who was convicted of organizing the 1994 murder-for-hire plot amid a contentious divorce and child custody fight, died by lethal injection.
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Robert Fratta, who was convicted of organizing the 1994 murder-for-hire plot amid a contentious divorce and child custody fight, died by lethal injection.
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles last week unanimously declined to commute the ex-officer's death sentence to a lesser penalty.
HOUSTON (AP) — A former suburban Houston police officer was set to be executed Tuesday for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago. Robert Fratta, 65, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection for the November 1994 fatal shooting of his wife, Farah, amid a contentious divorce and custody fight for their three children.
A former suburban Houston police officer is set to be executed for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago
Texas is set to execute a former police officer for hiring two people to kill his wife 30 years ago. Robert Fratta is scheduled to die of lethal injection on Tuesday for the 1994 slaying.