40 days after winning a rare reprieve from the governor,...

40 days after winning a rare reprieve from the governor, convicted killer Rodolfo Hernandez was executed for shooting and robbing an undocumented immigrant from Mexico 17 years ago.
Hernandez, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:23 p.m. Days before his scheduled March 21 execution, the self-proclaimed contract killer told San Antonio police he had information about numerous murders in his hometown. When some of his details checked out, police asked Gov. Rick Perry to consider halting Hernandez's punishment. Perry agreed, using his authority to issue a 1-time 30-day reprieve.
Hernandez was condemned for robbing and shooting 5 undocumented immigrants. 1 of the 5, 20-year-old Victor Cervan, died.
San Antonio police formed a 6-person task force to look into Hernandez's claims of participating in or witnessing at least 12 murders.
Police have said they were able to confirm 2 of the slayings that previously were listed as unsolved but they have been tightlipped about other cases.