Rail Suspect Was Unaware He May Face Death
A suspected serial killer who gave himself up in Texas this week was apparently unaware that he could face execution in the Lone Star state, his attorney was quoted as saying in Thursday’s Houston Chronicle.
“He was just told he would be treated humanely. He interpreted that to mean that they would not try to kill him,” court-appointed attorney Alan Tanner said.
U.S. authorities believe Angel Maturino Resendez, a Mexican national, has killed at least nine people. He surrendered on the Texas side of the border with Mexico on Tuesday.
A new capital murder charge was filed against Maturino Resendez on Wednesday in Texas, where capital murder convictions are punished by life imprisonment or execution.
It was the fourth murder indictment against 39-year-old Maturino Resendez but the first in Texas, which imposes the death penalty more often than any other state.
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Stories after July 30, 1999 use the spelling Angel Maturino Resendiz.
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