Barring a last-minute reversal, the death row inmate will be given a lethal injection Tuesday night (early Wednesday morning, Greek time) at the prison in Huntsville, Texas.
65-year-old Robert Fratta, a former police officer, will in a few hours become the second death row inmate executed in the United States this year. He was convicted of the mob murder of his wife after being found guilty of paying an executioner to kill her.
Barring a last-minute reversal, the death row inmate will be given a lethal injection Tuesday night (early Wednesday morning, Greek time) at the prison in Huntsville, Texas.
Robert Fratta was arrested after murdering his wife in 1994. Farrah Fratta was executed in cold blood by a hitman in the garage of her suburban Houston home. He was only 33 years old.
According to the case file, at the time of the murder, Robert Frata had gone to church with their three children. The couple was in the process of getting a divorce and fighting over the custody of the children.
On several occasions, Robert Fratta “asked friends and acquaintances to kill his wife or introduce someone who would,” according to testimony included in the case file.
Eventually, through an acquaintance, he allegedly came into contact with someone who took it upon himself to kill his wife. News reports at the time said Robert Fratta paid about $1,000 for the death contract.
He himself never admitted his guilt, while he accused his father-in-law of setting him up to frame him.
Fratta was sentenced to death in 1996, but the death sentence was overturned in 2007. His death sentence was reinstated in 2009.
Ahead of his execution, Frata’s lawyers appealed to the Supreme Court, asking for a review of the case.
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