HOUSTON (AP) - A 43-year-old Mexican national on Texas death row for the beating death of a man at his Hill Country ranch near Kerrville almost 16 years ago has lost a federal court appeal, moving him a step closer to execution. Attorneys for Ramiro Hernandez contend he was mentally impaired and ineligible for execution for the 1997 slaying of 48-year-old Glen Lich. The former Baylor University history professor was fatally beaten with a crowbar. His wife also was attacked but survived. Hernandez, from Tamaulipas, Mexico, also argued he had poor legal help at his Texas trial, where he says evidence of a previous murder conviction and prison term in Mexico was improperly allowed. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected each argument. Hernandez does not yet have an execution date.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 03:53:44 +0000
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