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    Condemned Killer in San Antonio Robbery Set to Die May 24

    HOUSTON (AP) — A 35-year-old San Antonio man on death row for a fatal shooting during a robbery more than 13 years ago has been set to die.

    Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said Tuesday the prison agency has received court documents setting Juan Castillo for lethal injection May 24.

    Castillo was convicted of the December 2003 slaying of 19-year-old Tommy Garcia Jr. Evidence showed Garcia was lured to a San Antonio lovers' lane by Castillo's girlfriend and then ambushed. She pleaded guilty before Castillo's 2005 trial and testified against him.

    Late in his trial, Castillo fired his lawyers and represented himself.

    The U.S. Supreme Court in October refused to review his case. He's among at least seven Texas inmates with execution dates this year, including two in March.

    https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...-to-die-may-24
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    New execution date set for September 7, 2017.

    https://apps.texastribune.org/execution-drugs/

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    Lawyer files motion to call off execution of San Antonio death row inmate

    A Houston lawyer acting on behalf of a San Antonio death row inmate is seeking a last-minute reprieve with a newly filed motion citing a need for more DNA testing on evidence from the 2003 lovers' lane slaying.

    Juan Castillo is set for execution on Sept. 7 for his role in the murder of Tommy Garcia during a bungled robbery turned fatal. But on Tuesday, David Dow, a University of Houston law professor with the Texas Innocence Network, filed a motion to withdraw the execution date.

    The case centers around the death of a 19-year-old rapper, who was shot repeatedly after Castillo's then-girlfriend lured him to a secluded spot with the promise of sex and drugs. Castillo was one of four people convicted in the crime, but he was fingered as the trigger man and was the only one hit with a capital sentence.

    In April, Castillo's counsel filed a motion requesting DNA testing on a knit cap sent to a crime lab back in 2003, a few weeks after the slaying. The Bexar County District Attorney's Office filed a response opposing the testing, but the court has not yet issued a decision - and that's why lawyers are asking to cancel the death date.

    "Given today's date, and the certainty additional proceedings will be needed to ultimately resolve Mr. Castillo's motions, the court should exercise its power to withdraw the imminent execution date," Dow wrote in the latest court filings.

    "If the court grants the motion, more time will obviously be needed for the forensic analysis to be completed. Once completed, it will be necessary to determine whether, in view of the results of the testing, the outcome of Castillo's trial would have been different if the results had been known to the jury."

    And, Dow notes, if the court denies the request for DNA testing, Castillo should still be entitled to an appeal.

    Previously, Castillo had an execution date set for May, but Bexar County prosecutors asked to have it reset. "Notice to the defense of the scheduled execution did not arrive within the 90 day threshold required by law," the district attorney's office said in a statement.

    The latest motion in Castillo's case comes just days after a federal appeals court found in favor of a Texas inmate slated for execution Aug. 30.

    Steven Long was sentenced to death for the 2005 murder of an 11-year-old girl in Dallas County. Long was convicted after he confessed when police found his bloody fingerprint near the body, stuffed under a vacant home.

    But in light of claims of intellectual disability - at least one expert pegged Long's IQ as somewhere in the 60s - and the Supreme Court's groundbreaking decision in Bobby Moore's case earlier this year, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals this week stayed the execution.

    http://m.chron.com/news/state/articl...n-11953325.php
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    Rescheduled for November 14.

    https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/upcoming-executions

    Does anyone else think this is because of the hurricane?
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    "They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters

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    Doubt it. Bexar County and San Antonio were spared from the torrential rains the state got.

    The trial court judge still hasn't ruled on the motion for DNA testing. The state probably delayed again so that the judge has more time to rule on it. Meanwhile, I bet the defense for the thug was trying to get the death warrant annulled. It's just like Swearingen's case; they are trying to delay.
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    The perfect excuse.....

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    DPIC made a mistake earlier. It's actually set for December 14.
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    "They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters

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    Bexar County delays execution because of Hurricane Harvey

    A man sentenced to death in San Antonio and facing execution next week had his death delayed due to Hurricane Harvey.

    The execution of 36-year-old Juan Castillo was scheduled for next Thursday, but a Bexar County judge issued an order Wednesday delaying the man's death for three months because some of his defense team works in the Houston area, which has been devastated by flooding from the storm. The request to move the execution didn't come from the defense, but from the Bexar County District Attorney's Office.

    "A portion of Mr. Castillo's defense team resides and works in Harris County and the surrounding areas, and has been affected by Hurricane Harvey," wrote Bexar County Assistant Criminal District Attorney Matthew Howard in the motion. "...Under the extraordinary circumstances, the State would move to withdraw the execution date and seek a new date."

    Castillo's new execution date is now set for Dec. 14, granting him an extra three months of life in his prison cell, where he has lived almost 12 years.

    In 2005, Castillo was convicted in the 2003 robbery and murder of Tommy Garcia, Jr. in San Antonio, according to court records. Prosecutors said Castillo and three others planned to rob Garcia after luring him to a secluded area with the promise of sex with one of the women involved in the plan. But when Garcia tried to run, Castillo shot him, according to the accomplices.

    There have been five executions in Texas this year. The next one is scheduled for Robert Pruett on Oct. 12.

    https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08...y-devastation/

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