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Colorado’s Death Row
Frank Rodriguez died early Saturday morning after suffering from liver failure.
Prison officials announced the death but declined to give medical information, citing confidentiality rules. The lawyer representing Rodriguez disclosed the liver failure. (3/9/02, TheDenverChannel.com)
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- Frank Rodriguez was sentenced to death for killing a Denver woman in 1984. He has been through the state appeals and postconviction process, and is now appealing the denial of his federal habeas corpus petition. Oral argument has not yet been scheduled. Mr. Rodriguez could be the next person executed in Colorado if his federal appeals are unsuccessful. (From CADP Spring 2000 Newsletter)
- Frank Rodriguez's federal appeal has been pending before the 10th Circuit for more than a year without a decision from the court. He is represented by David Lane. (11/26/01, CADP)
- Rodriguez, Frank: Colorado Death Row Inmate Dying of Disease
Colorado will never execute longtime death row inmate Frank Rodriguez, his lawyer says. Rodriguez, convicted in the 1984 rape and stabbing death of Denver bookkeeper Lorraine Martelli, is dying of hepatitis C, sources said. ... Doctors have given Rodriguez only months to live, but the state is not close to carrying out his death sentence. His appeal is pending before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (2/27/02, Rocky Mounatin News)
- In the Final Court, Frank Rodriguez Had No Further Appeals
Frank Rodriguez waited 17 years in prison for a date with death that never came -- although he might have welcomed it, his lawyer said Tuesday. he convicted murderer's own poor health beat the state executioner, killing Rodriguez with hepatitis C and liver failure early Saturday while his government death sentence still was on appeal. (3/13/02, Rocky Mountain News)
Search the news archives of the Boulder Daily Camera, the Denver Post, and the Denver Rocky Mountain News for additional information.
For information on other prisoners, see Colorado's Death Row.
See the Web site's News section for more articles and information about the death penalty.
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