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July
HUMBERTO LEAL GARCIA EXECUTED IN TEXAS AFTER OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ARGUED FOR STAY
huffingtonpost.com
Humberto Leal Garcia, a 38 year old convicted rapist and murderer of a 16 year old SanAntonio girl, Adria Sauceda, in 1994, was executed by lethal injection at the Texas death chamberin Huntsville. The Obama administration lawyers had voiced concerns that the executionviolated international law and could undermine the legal rights of Americans traveling or livingabroad. Garcia was convicted of bludgeoning Adria to death after violating her with a treebranch. Both forensic evidence and witness statements tied Garcia to the crime. Instatements to police, he acknowledged fighting with Adria