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New Sentencing Results in Life Sentence in Bexar County

By Steve Hall

The San Antonio Express-News reports, "Killer's penalty now is life term," written by Craig Kapitan.Capital murder convict Gabriel Gonzales returned to the same Bexar County courtroom Monday where, 13 years earlier, a jury had condemned him to die for killing a pawnshop owner during a robbery. But this time, with his previous sentence voided by an appellate court, he was ordered to serve life in prison. Gonzales, 35, will have to serve 27 more years before he can be eligible for parole, but it's unlikely a parole board would ever let him see freedom again, appellate attorney Michael C. Gross said outside the courtroom. ?My client is very grateful to the complainant's family for agreeing with the special prosecutor not to go forward with the death penalty,? he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 02, 2010 (boomark / email).