Lubbock Death Row Inmate Strikes Out at U.S. Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition from death row inmate Joe Franco Garza of Lubbock. He was condemned by a Lubbock County jury for strangling Silbiano Rangel, 71, to death from behind with a sock and then stealing his truck on December 31, 1998.
According to court records, Garza drove the truck to the home of his 13-year-old pregnant girlfriend. He then drove her to Dallas in the stolen truck.
He was convicted and sentenced to death in April 2000. The sentence was overturned once on appeal, and he was sentenced to death a second time in 2006.
The Supreme Court did not issue an opinion as part of its order to deny Garza’s petition. A specific execution date has not yet been assigned.
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