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An Update on the Estrada Case

By Steve Hall

Today's San Antonio Express-News reports, "Death row inmate's death sentence overturned," by Craig Kapitan.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered Bexar County to conduct a new sentencing hearing for Adrian Estrada, who stabbed and strangled Stephanie Sanchez, 17, at her West Side home Dec. 12, 2005. He'll again face two options for the capital murder conviction: life in prison without the possibility of parole or execution.At this point, prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty again, said Cliff Herberg, the county's first assistant district attorney. But logistics, such as finding witnesses, will help ultimately determine if a new sentencing hearing is held or if Estrada is allowed to serve life in prison without parole, he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 17, 2010 (boomark / email).