USA (Texas): Further information on Death penalty / Legal concern: Angel Maturino Reséndiz (m)

Mexican national Angel Maturino Reséndiz was executed in Texas on 27 June 2006. He was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of Claudia Benton, a doctor in Houston. He is also believed to have committed a series of murders in several other US states. There is compelling evidence that Angel Maturino Reséndiz suffered from serious mental illness, including paranoid schizophrenia.

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