Trial date set for man accused of killing San Antonio Police Det. Benjamin Marconi in 2016
Otis McKane will stand trial on July 12 in the first death penalty case in Bexar Co. in five years
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SAN ANTONIO – After five years and a delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a trial date is finally set in the murder case of San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi.
Otis McKane will stand trial on July 12 in Judge Ron Rangel’s courtroom in the first death penalty case in Bexar County in five years.
McKane, 35, is accused of shooting and killing San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi in 2016.
Decline in death penalty driven by COVID-19 pandemic, shift in prosecutor support
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Geronimo Gutierrez, 24, was convicted in the 1999 shotgun murder of Rick Marin. Earlier this year, Gutierrez’s death sentence was reduced to life in prison after prosecutors and judges agreed he had an intellectual disability. He was one of six men whose sentences were reduced based on claims of intellectual disabilities, according to a new report.Jerry Lara /Staff photographer
Use of the death penalty in Texas has dropped sharply in recent years, partly because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the election of prosecutors focused on criminal justice reform, a new report found.