Prisoner on Texas Death Row found dead in prison cell
Texas Death Row found dead in prison cell" /> Raymond Deleon Martinez Texas Death Row found dead in prison cell" /> Raymond Deleon Martinez LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) - A convicted killer sentenced to death three times for the 1983 botched robbery and fatal shooting of a Houston bar owner has died on Texas death row of apparent natural causes. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Robert Hurst says 71-year-old Raymond Deleon Martinez was found unresponsive Wednesday in his cell at the Polunsky Unit outside Livingston. MUGSHOTS: TEXAS DEATH ROW --> http://www.ktxs.com/147315846 Martinez's original death sentence was overturned in 1988 for a jury selection problem . A second death sentence was thrown out in 2007 for a jury instructions issue . He returned to death row in 2009 after a third punishment trial. Evidence showed Martinez , identified as a prison gang leader , was among three people who in July 1983 entered the Long Branch Saloon in H...