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Joe Fedelfido
GONZALES Jr.
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Robbery
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: October 19,
1992
Date of birth:
November 17,
1960
Victim profile: William J. Veader
(male, 50)
Method of murder:
Shooting
Location: Potter County. Texas, USA
Status: Executed
by lethal injection in Texas on September 18,
1996
Date of
Execution:
September 18,
1996
Offender:
Joe F.
Gonzalez, Jr. #999177
Last
Statement:
There are people
all over the world who face things worse than death on a
daily basis, and in that sense I consider myself lucky.
I cannot find the
words to express the sadness I feel for bringing this hurt
and pain on my loved ones.
I will not ask
forgiveness for the decisions I have made in this judicial
process, only acceptance.
God bless you all.
Joe Fedelfido
Gonzales was executed September 18, 1996, by lethal injection
after spending only eight months on death row. Gonzales pleaded
guilty to killing William J. Veader in 1992. By waiving all
rights to appeal, Gonzales spent less time on death row than any
previously executed Texas inmate. Veader, 50, was killed by a
single shot to the head in his rental home in Amarillo in 1992.
Gonzales was the 107th person
to be executed in Texas since the death penalty was reinstated
in 1982. Although the Legislature enacted a law to speed up the
appeals process in death penalty cases, the process has been
delayed by a lack of money to pay lawyers appointed to represent
death penalty inmates.
