A Texas man who was convicted of brutally killing a young mother and setting her body on fire just over two decades ago was executed by lethal injection late Wednesday. Moises Sandoval Mendoza, 41 ...

This image provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Texas death row ... his petitions for a stay. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday denied Mendoza’s request to commute ...

This image provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Texas death row inmate Moises Sandoval ... Lower courts had previously rejected his petitions for a stay. The Texas Board of Pardons and ...

(Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP ... had previously rejected his petitions for a stay. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday denied Mendoza’s request to commute his ...

Newsweek has contacted the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for comment outside ... On Monday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles declined Mendoza's request to commute his death sentence ...