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New Punishment Phase for Adrian Estrada

By Steve Hall

"New penalty phase for ex-San Antonio youth pastor," is the title of Michael Graczyk's report posted at the Houston Chronicle.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has thrown out the death sentence of a San Antonio man condemned for murdering his 17-year-old girlfriend and their unborn child in 2005. The state's highest criminal court Wednesday upheld the conviction of former youth minister Adrian Estrada. His case now returns to court in Bexar (bayr) County for a new punishment trial.The appeals court said jurors who decided that Estrada should die for killing Stephanie Sanchez and her unborn child had incorrect information from a prosecution witness regarding prison restrictions on capital murder convicts who get life without parole, rather than a death sentence...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 16, 2010 (boomark / email).