The 41-year-old Stroman says his shooting spree that killed two men and injured a third in 2001 targeted people of Middle Eastern descent. It was the death of 49-year-old Vasudev Patel that put Stroman on death row.
The lone survivor, Rais (Raze) Bhuiyan (Boo-yon), a native of Bangladesh, had sued to stop the execution, saying his religious beliefs as a Muslim told him to forgive. The courts refused.
