Former Death Row Inmate Agrees to Life Without Parole (mysanantonio.com)
A former youth pastor who spent three years on death row for the murder of his pregnant teen girlfriend was given a new sentence Thursday: life in prison without parole. In exchange for prosecutors no longer seeking the death penalty, Adrian Estrada, 27, agreed to forgo all rights to appeal the case.
A former youth pastor who spent three years on death row for the murder of his pregnant teen girlfriend was given a new sentence Thursday: life in prison without parole. In exchange for prosecutors no longer seeking the death penalty, Adrian Estrada, 27, agreed to forgo all rights to appeal the case.
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