Gustavo Julian Garcia

Allan B. Polunsky Unit houses the State of Texas death row for men. Huntsville Unit, The state of Texas has its execution chamber in the Huntsville unit.

Gustavo Julian Garcia (September 27, 1972 – February 16, 2016) Also known as "El Cubano," was an American criminal and prisoner from McKinney, Texas, who was executed for the 1990 murder of Craig Alfonso Turski.

Garcia also participated in a robbery of a Texaco station on January 5, 1991, where he was arrested. His co-defendant was 16-year-old Christopher Vargas, who received a life sentence for capital murder charges. Shelia Maria Garcia, the common-law wife of Gustavo Julian Garcia, was also arrested and received a 20-year sentence on conspiracy to commit robbery.

Garcia attempted to escape the Ellis Unit death row on Thanksgiving Day 1998, along with six other prisoners, but was arrested after surrendering. Martin Gurule was able to escape but was shot and subsequently drowned.

Garcia received a new sentencing hearing in 2001 after then-Attorney General of Texas John Cornyn learned that Walter Quijano, a psychologist who testified in the trial, had stated at the original trial that black and Hispanic men were more dangerous to society since there were more of them in prison. However, Garcia was again sentenced to death. He resided on Texas's death row for over 25 years before he was executed on February 16, 2016.