Mexican National Seeks to Avoid Death Penalty in US for Killing Police Officer Jorge Calvillo - Latinos Post
go to original December 15, 2013

Less than five weeks - that's how much time Edgar Tamayo has to find a way to avoid his death sentence for murdering a police officer in Texas.

In January 1994, Tamayo, a native of Mexico, was arrested by agent Guy Gaddis after committing a robbery outside a bar in Houston, according to the Associated Press.

In an attempt to escape from the police, Tamayo took a firearm he had kept hidden and fatally shot the officer. Tamayo already had a criminal record and was on parole after committing a previous robbery.

Authorities quickly sentenced him to death, but Sandra Babcock and Maurie Levin, his defense team, claimed that during the arrest Tamayo suffered from mental problems, and noted that he didn't speak English and had no knowledge of his consular rights, important factors for his defense.

...Tamayo's execution is scheduled for Jan. 22, 2014 by lethal injection.

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