Mexican National on Death Row in Texas Loses Review at US Supreme Court The Associated Press
go to original March 31, 2014

Martha Llamas Zamora, mother of death row inmate Ramiro Hernández Llanas. (El Mañana)

HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a 44-year-old Mexican national set to die next week for the beating death of a man who employed him at his Kerrville-area ranch.

Attorneys for Ramiro Hernández Llanas contended he was mentally impaired and ineligible for execution for the 1997 slaying of 48-year-old Glen Lich.

Hernandez, from Tamaulipas, Mexico, also argued he had deficient legal help at his trial, contending evidence of a previous murder conviction and prison term in Mexico was improperly allowed.

He's set for lethal injection April 9. In a related case, his attorneys are arguing in state courts the Texas prison system should be forced to identify a new source of pentobarbital used to execute him. Texas prison officials want the provider's name kept secret.

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