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What if you had two of your family
members murdered by two different killers on two different years? I know it
will be very tragic and pain. But for Mary Jane Garcia, it was double justice.
Her mother, Elizabeth Alvarado was murdered by Adolph
Gil Hernandez on September 30, 1988. Her daughter, Melisa Garcia was murdered by
Jack Wade Clark on October 15, 1989. Jack Wade Clark and Adolph Gil Hernandez
were both executed by lethal injection in Texas on January 9, 2001 and February 8, 2001 respectively.
I thank God that she received double justice from the State of Texas, as
both the killers were put to death. Her case totally discounts the myth that
the death penalty creates a new set of victims, Mary did not feel like another
victim but she was satisfied that justice was served twice. Below are the
summary of the two murders and 3 quotes from Mary Garcia.
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Jack Wade Clark
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Summary: Clark spotted 23 year old
Melisa Garcia making a call from a public phone booth on the street. When she
finished the call, Clark approached and stabbed her in the shoulder. He then
forced her into her own car, raped her, then stabbed her in the heart.
Defendant led police to body and confessed. Post-conviction DNA confirmed
guilt. Tragically, the victim's grandmother was murdered by Adolph Hernandez
one year earlier. Both Clark and Hernandez were executed in 2001. http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/clark684.htm
QUOTE 1: Mary Jane Garcia, Melisa Garcia's mother, said she doesn't believe
Clark's last-minute apology. "He said he was
sorry, but I don't think he meant it," Garcia said after witnessing
Clark's death. "I needed to be here because of
what he did to my daughter. Seeing him take his last breath made me feel
better."
QUOTE 2: The Slaton woman plans to witness a second execution next month. Adolph
Gil Hernandez, the man who robbed and killed her mother, is scheduled for
lethal injection Feb. 8. "I'm praying. God is
helping me. I know I can come again," Garcia said. "That way these two chapters in my life can be closed.
I've been waiting 12 years. Once it's over, I'll never remember (the killers')
names again."
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Adolph Gil Hernandez
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Summary: Paroled
from Burglary 8 months earlier, broke into home and beat 69 year old victim
with a baseball bat, causing a broken arm and wrist, head lacerations, a broken
nose, and a fractured skull. Hernandez left the house with the victim's purse
and was confronted by her daughter, who was able to wrestle the bat away from
him. She then chased him, hitting him with the bat until he escaped. Minutes earlier,
Hernandez had tried unsuccessfully to enter a nearby home using the bat, but a
young boy stopped him. Threatened a trial Judge in this case; 5 prior felony
convictions. Tragically, another daughter of the victim had her daughter
murdered by Jack Clark in unrelated case. Both Clark and Hernandez were
executed in 2001. http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/hernandez697.htm
QUOTE 3: The scene was all too familiar for Mary Jane Garcia. Returning to
Huntsville for the second time in a month, the West Texas woman watched
Thursday night as a convicted killer was put to death for murdering one of her
loved ones. "For me, it was the same,"
Garcia said after watching Adolph Gil Hernandez receive lethal injection for
killing her 69-year-old mother with a baseball bat during a robbery more than a
dozen years ago. "I'm just relieved and happy to
know it's over. We don't have to worry about him getting out."
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