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Killer who had wife murdered called 'coward' after final words before being executed

Robert Fratta’s wife Farah was just 33 when she was shot twice in the head at close range by a hitman hired by her husband in 1994 after the couple split up in Texas, US

Daily Mirror · Jan 11, 2023

Robert Fratta who ordered wife's death executed despite 'expired death drugs' battle

A man who hired two men to kill his wife almost 30 years ago has been executed by lethal injection despite a last minute legal battle to stop the state from using expired drugs

Daily Mirror · Jan 11, 2023

Texas executes Robert Fratta after high courts reject challenges to expired lethal injection drugs

Fratta was convicted in the 1994 murder-for-hire of his wife. Lawyers unsuccessfully challenged Texas’ routine of extending the expiration dates of its lethal drugs, a practice begun when many pharmacies began refusing to provide doses for executions.

The Texas Tribune · Jan 10, 2023