Texas man convicted of mortal strangling and stabbing mothers more than 20 years ago was performed on Wednesday night.
Moises Mendoza, 41, who was sentenced to death for 20-year-old Rachelle O’Neil Tollesen, received a deadly injection in the Texas State penitentiary in Huntsville, with members of the victim and his own family.
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Context
Mendoza was a third person performed in Texas this year, and 13. in the US
Once the injection applied, Mendoza heard it made two loud fervids and then they started snoring, toward Associated press (AP). Subsequently stopped moving and was declared dead 19 minutes later at 18.40
What to know
In his last moments, Mendoza addressed each member of the victim’s family named – Tollesen’s parents, one of her brothers, relatives and uncles.
“I’m sorry I robbed you for Rachelle’s life,” he said, according to the AP.
He also apologized to Tolleson’s daughter – who was not present at the execution – that he robbed her mother. “I’m sorry about that. I don’t know anything I could ever say or I’d ever invent it. I want you to know I’m honest. I’m sorry,” he said.
He then talked to his husband, sister and two friends in Spanish. “I love you, I’m with you, I’m fine in peace,” he said, according to English translation.
Prosecutors said Mendoza kidnapped Tolleson from his home in northern Texas, leaving behind a six-month old daughter, who found undamaged Tolleson’s mother. Six days after the abduction, Tollesen’s body was discovered in the field near the stream.
Investigators said Mendoza tried to burn the body to destroy the evidence, including fingerprints. Identification has been confirmed through dental records.
Mendoza was recognized by the police soon after Tollesen’s body was discovered, speaking to investigators suffocating, sexually attacked, stabbed and tried to burn her body to conceal evidence. He was arrested after he talked to a friend about the crime, who then contacted the authorities.
The hours before the scheduled execution on Wednesday, the US Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of the mendosa lawyer to stop the execution.
The Defense claimed the court that Mendoza was denied the opportunity to seek the inefficient assistance of defense counsel during the earlier phases of his appeal.
The Texas General Prosecutor’s Office said that the quotation already considered “interest and irrelevance” to the Federal Federal Court.
On Monday, the Texas Steering Board and Passwords rejected Mendozova to carry out his death penalty to a minor sentence.
What do people say
Pam O’NeilThe victim’s victim testified to the execution and later told reporters: “He was in mortal reductions for 20 years. That ended today. I couldn’t sleep. I wish I could say the same about my daughter’s death.”
Collin County District Collin Greg Willis He said in a statement, according to Texas Tribune: “Nothing can undo what Rachelle’s loved ones have endured. But justice is not about deleting the past – it is about respecting the life that was taken.”
Abraham Bonowitz, Director and co-founder of anti-mortal penitentiary death penalty Newsweek: “No one is safer because of this execution. The Moises Mendoza was not the same person who was killed took over by his crime and was not disciplined in prison for more than 17 years and had many positive relationships with friends and family.”
He added: “Capital punishment is the moral, economic and socio-action contrasted, the execution of the execution in all cases is because the government cannot be trusted in murder, or to kill it.”
What happens next
On Thursday, Alabama plans to perform James Osgood for rape and murder women.
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