Larry Fitzgerald served as the official spokesman for
Texas
executions for eight years. He represented the state through 219 lethal
injections. Retired in August 2003, Fitzgerald left with what he
refers to as a, “PhD in prison life.” Due to his expertise with the
Texas prison system, defense attorneys have been utilizing his
testimony in death penalty cases to describe to the jury why the prison
system offers a suitable alternative to a death sentence.