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       ~ Juan Castillo, 16May18, (TX) ~
   DIR By: BuzzC
       Date: May 16, 2018, 5:53 pm
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       Texas to execute man dubbed 'Lovers' Lane' killer for 2003
       murder--
       Wednesday, May 16, 2018
       AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas on Wednesday plans to execute a
       man dubbed the “Lovers’ Lane” killer who was convicted of a 2003
       ambush attack on a remote road in San Antonio where he tried to
       rob another man in a parked car and then fatally shot him.
       Juan Castillo, 37, is set to be put to death at 6 p.m. (2300
       GMT) by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in
       Huntsville.
       If the death sentence is carried out, it would be 11th execution
       this year in the United States and the sixth in Texas, which has
       executed more inmates than any state since the U.S. Supreme
       Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.
       Castillo has maintained his innocence, saying he was not at the
       scene. As of Tuesday evening, there were no last-minute appeals
       for him that were registered in online U.S. court records.
       He was convicted of killing aspiring rapper Tommy Garcia, then
       19. Prosecutors said Garcia was set up by his then girlfriend,
       who lured him to the remote spot with the promise of sex and
       drugs but plotted to have him robbed by Castillo and two others.
       After Garcia parked, Castillo, brandishing a pistol, smashed a
       car window, opened a door and demanded Garcia give him his money
       and jewelry. When Garcia refused and tried to run away, Castillo
       shot him seven times, prosecutors said.
       Of the four people in the plot, only Castillo was sentenced to
       death and his lawyers have said there was no physical evidence
       that linked him to the crime.
       They also said he was convicted due to tainted testimony that
       included a jail house informant who told a Texas court Castillo
       confessed to him that he was the triggerman.
       The informant later recanted and said he lied to help himself,
       court documents showed.
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       Re: ~ Juan Castillo, 16May18, (TX) ~
   DIR By: BuzzC
       Date: May 16, 2018, 8:18 pm
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       Texas executes 'Lovers' Lane' killer, convicted of 2003 murder--
       Wednesday, May 16, 2018
       AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas executed an inmate on Wednesday
       dubbed the “Lovers’ Lane” killer.
       As the powerful sedative took effect, he lifted his head off the
       gurney and used an expletive to say he could taste the drug and
       that it burned. He took several quick breaths that became snores
       and then stopped all movement.
       Juan Castillo was pronounced dead 23 minutes later at 6:44 p.m.
       CDT.
       The victim's mother and stepmother were among the people
       watching through a window. After a doctor pronounced Castillo
       dead, one of the other relatives exclaimed: "We've got justice.
       Thank you."
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