Mom of killer on death row for Collin County murder makes case to pope

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahPTlPAB_gmqBDXzj4GTZUUmZCJu-FG9Cxnn9xQ7qMkvSR8ICRdC07E9NJ2FPGQh-qzMNckK1e9jg_blyesm4pCe8GwZr8SMIREWGV6cQd99cIdg1SAs28pjyfRmsrcJYljT-P1geOKY/s1600/Pope+Francis+talks+with+Lidia+Guerrero%252C+the+Argentine+mother+of+a+man+on+death+row+in+Texas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pope Francis talks with Lidia Guerrero, the Argentine mother of a man on death row in Texas" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahPTlPAB_gmqBDXzj4GTZUUmZCJu-FG9Cxnn9xQ7qMkvSR8ICRdC07E9NJ2FPGQh-qzMNckK1e9jg_blyesm4pCe8GwZr8SMIREWGV6cQd99cIdg1SAs28pjyfRmsrcJYljT-P1geOKY/s400/Pope+Francis+talks+with+Lidia+Guerrero%252C+the+Argentine+mother+of+a+man+on+death+row+in+Texas.jpg" title="Pope Francis talks with Lidia Guerrero, the Argentine mother of a man on death row in Texas" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Pope Francis talks with Lidia Guerrero, the Argentine mother of a man on</div><div style="text-align: left;">death row in Texas.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has met for a second time with the Argentine mother of a man on death row for the 1995 slaying of a Plano man.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Vatican announced the meeting Saturday between Francis and Lidia Guerrero but gave no details.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After their first meeting, in Rome in 2014, the mother said that the pope, who is also Argentine, assured her of his prayers for Victor Hugo Saldano, who was convicted in 1996 for abducting and fatally shooting Paul Ray King, 46. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Francis has vigorously promoted Vatican teaching saying capital punishment is morally unjustified.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Saldano entered the United States illegally in the early 1990s.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The day laborer from Argentina became the first person sentenced to death from that country since it won independence from Spain in 1809.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Saldano and an accomplice, Jorge Chavez, 27, abducted King from a Sack 'n Save supermarket Nov. 25, 1995, and killed him later at Lake Lavon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Guerrero has said her son is guilty of murder but has been driven insane during his time on death row and has already paid for his crime.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chavez, the accomplice, received a life sentence in the case. He will be eligible for parole in 2035.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: The Dallas Morning News, AP, June 12, 2016</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">- Report an error, an omission:<a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com" target="_blank"> deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: small;"> - Follow us on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Death-Penalty-News-206848499362906/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </b>and <b><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank">Twitter</a></b></span></div></div>

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