EDINBURG (TX)
The Monitor
December 8, 2017
[Note: See also a PDF of the original Pawlicki letter and See also South Texas DA Refuses to Pursue Ex-Priest, by Brooks Egerton, Dallas Morning News, November 21, 2004.]
A jury found ex-priest John Feit guilty of the April 1960 murder of schoolteacher Irene Garza on Thursday night.
Today, that same jury will determine the 85-year-old’s sentence, bringing an end to a cold case that has captivated the Valley for decades.
Feit asked that the jury decide his punishment.
The state is expected to ask the jury to sentence Feit to 57 years in prison, one year in prison for every year since Garza’s murder.
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