Execution Report: Adolph Hernandez

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In addition to his prison record, court records showed that Hernandez had two other felony convictions, had assaulted his wife and daughter, had assaulted other jail inmates, and threatened to kill the judge in his capital murder trial.

At his trial and during most of his appeals, Hernandez blamed the slaying on an alcohol-induced blackout. In the past month, however, he claimed that he did not commit the murder at all, but rather that he was at the scene and saw another unidentified man who was the killer. This week, defense attorneys produced a 12-year-old shirt which they claimed did not belong to Hernandez, but was tainted was Alvarado's blood. The state judge presiding over the case denied their request for a stay so that this new evidence could be considered.

At his execution, Hernandez expressed love for his family and did not mention the crime. He was pronounced dead at 6:24 p.m. Hernandez' execution was witness by Mary Jane Garcia, another daughter of the victim. It was only one month ago that Garcia traveled to Huntsville to witness the execution of Jack Wade Clark, who raped and murdered her daughter, Melisa Ann Garcia, in 1989.

By David Carson. Posted on 9 February 2001.
Sources: Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Associated Press, Huntsville Item.