Facts of the Crime:

On February 3, 1986, Hernandez shot and killed Officer Jose Herrera while attempting to escape from the Webb County Jail in Laredo.

Hernandez was sentenced to death in Zapata County in 1987.

Hernandez’s death sentence was later overturned and he was retried and again sentenced to death in 1989.

Hernandez was scheduled to be executed on August 21, 1992 but received a stay of execution from the Southern District Court of Texas.

Hernandez died of natural causes on March 21, 1999