Arturo Daniel Aranda
Murderer
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Case Facts
- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Webb County, Texas, USA
- Date of birth
- May 12, 1948
- Age at first offence
- 28
- Characteristics
- drugs
- Victim profile
- Man (law officer)
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- July 31, 1976
- Years active
- 1976
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Sentenced to death
Sentenced to death on May 18, 1979
Case Summary
Background
Arturo Daniel Aranda was sentenced to death on May 18, 1979.
Outcome
Aranda Arturo, a 77-year-old man from San Antonio, is the Hispanic inmate who has spent the longest time on death row. He arrived on death row at 31 after being convicted of killing a police officer while on parole.
The Texas prisoner who has spent the most years on death row has been there even longer. Harvey Earvin, 67, has been waiting 48 years for his execution after receiving the death penalty on Oct. 26, 1977.
The average time spent on death row before execution in Texas is 11.05 years, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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