HOUSTON -- 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 argue 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 verification of a previous murder
conviction and prison term in Mexico was improperly allowed.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected each one
argument. Hernandez does not yet have an execution date.
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