Moises Sandoval Mendoza faces execution in Texas. He was convicted for the 2004 murder of Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson. Tolleson was strangled and stabbed. Mendoza’s lawyers sought a Supreme Court stay. They argued ineffective counsel during appeals. The Texas Attorney General’s Office opposed the stay. They cited Mendoza’s history of violence. Mendoza confessed to the crime.
Texas man set to be executed for the 2004 strangling and stabbing death of a young mother
