Thirty years ago, music legend Selena Quintanilla Perez was killed by the Fans Club president, Yolanda Saldfar. Over the past three decades, Saldfar has spent a life sentence in Texas.
Now 64, Saldívar has a seam of conditional release under review, according to the records of the Ministry of Criminal Justice on the Internet in Texas. On Sunday, it became a conditional release for the first time.
According to a spokeswoman for the Amnesty Council for Texas, her case will be voted on or around at that time, but there is no specific date for the decision to be issued.
Here is everything you need to know about Selena and Saldívar and the conditional release process in Texas:
Who was Selena Quintanella Perez?
Quintanilla-Pérez was born in 1971, and showed an incredible voice in childhood, facing Selena Y Los Dinos with her siblings AB and Suzette Quintanilla.
Its stars arrived in the early nineties, with its unique mixture from Tejano, POP, Cumbia and other music styles that appear in huge songs such as “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom”, “Como La Flor”, “Amor Prohibido”, “No Me Qeda Mas” and “Tu Solo Tu”.
It was known all over the world as the queen of Tijano, or even more like Selena, the barriers were broken in front of women in Latin music. The flood gates opened a new generation of contemporary artists of Latin origin who will continue to enjoy very popular with the prevailing American masses. I often sang in Spanish and spoke in English, reflecting a multicultural identity that resonated with listeners.
She won her first Grammy in 1994 for the best Mexican/Mexican album on “Live”, to become the first artist to win the category. She was only 23 years old when she was killed the following year. But its legacy lasts for the Americans, Mexican, Mexican, Texas, Latinians and beyond.
Her album, Al -Fadl, was released in the English language, a few months after her death, “Dreaming of You,” topped Billboard 200, and includes songs such as “I Cant in Love” and “Dreaming of You”. In 1997, she will become a biography of her life, “Selena”, classic, which led to the launch of Jennifer Lopez’s profession.
In 2017, she got a star after his death on Hollywood celebrities. At that time, according to a Hollywood Chamber spokesman, the crowd was the largest ever for the walking ceremony, as he broke a record in 1998 by spectators in the disclosure of the star of Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez.
In 2021, she won a life achievement award after the death of Grammys. There was no greeting.
Who is Yolanda Saldivar?
Yolanda Saldivar, a former nurse, founder and president of the fans club in Selena. She was also director of Selena clothes, Selena, etc., but was launched in early 1995 after the missing money was discovered.
How did Selena die?
On March 31, 1995, Selena went to the Saldívar room in The Days Inn Motel at Corpus Christi, Texas, to capture the business records that I needed to get a tax file, according to the court certificate. Follow the confrontation.
Selena was shot at the back with a 38 -caliber gun in the motor room, ran outside and collapsed in the hallway. She was transferred to a nearby hospital and announced her death about an hour later.
Motel staff witnessed that Selena was named “Yolanda” in “158 Chamber” as a striker.
“I didn’t mean to do this. I didn’t mean to kill anyone,” said Saldifar, who is crying during a 9 -hour confrontation with the police. The police told that they had bought a 38 -caliber pistol to kill herself.
What happened in the trial of Yolanda Saldfar?
The trial was transferred to Houston due to severe advertising.
Prosecutors claimed that Saldifar shot the 23 -year -old after the singer’s family suspected $ 30,000. The defense argued that the gun came out by mistake.
On October 23, 1995, the jury was convicted of first -class killing. She was sentenced to life imprisonment, with the possibility of conditional release 30 years later – starting in 2025.
Saldívar did not face the death penalty because the crime does not contain any of the strict conditions required under the Texas Law, such as a multiple murder or a murder committed during a robbery.
In 1999, the Criminal Appeal Court in Austin rejected the first appeal from Saldvar for a new trial. In 2000, her lawyer Bill Perseman asked the state to reconsider the trial. He said that the prosecutors rejected the fault of potential jury due to race, and they did not reveal the witness’s criminal registry and made inappropriate comments in the court. He said that the police also violated the rights of Saldfar by interrogating them after requested a lawyer.
In 2009, Saldívar lost an appeal because it was presented in the wrong boycott. She had asked the court to order an appeal nine years ago in Nuis County to move forward, but the highest criminal court of the state said it should have been submitted in Harris Province, where she was tried and convicted.
He was imprisoned in the Patrick prison unit.
How does the conditional release work in Texas?
In Texas, the conditional release department in the Ministry of Criminal Justice in the state is determined by the prisoners six months before the date of their eligibility, the first conditional release and withdraws the file of their case for review. A notice is sent by the prisoner’s eligibility for the conditional release to the officials participating in the trial, and any victims and members of the victims’ family.
The Conditional Conditional Release Officer of the Amnesty Council in Texas is based on a prisoner and prepares a summary of the council. The victim or members of the victim’s family can provide a written statement and can appear personally in front of the members of the Board of Directors.
Then the inmate file is sent to the conditional release board and was voted by a committee of three people. The committee will vote on a case before the date of the eligibility of the conditional release of the prisoner, and a majority of votes is needed to make a final decision.
In Texas, the Board of Directors does not hold general listening sessions for the conditional release. Decisions to issue a conditional release are taken independently by each member of the committee.
The representatives of the Quintanilla-Pérez family did not immediately respond to the Associated Press request for comment this week.
What happens if the conditional release is rejected by Saldívar? What if approved?
The committee’s denial will include the next time date that the inmate will be qualified for the conditional release.
Saldívar was convicted of the first -class murder, which is one of the crimes in which the state law dictates that the following review after denial can be taken anywhere from one to five years from the date of denial.
Approval of the committee can include special conditions that the prisoner must follow during the conditional release. The release time of the release varies from case to case. Once the issuance certificate is issued with the approved accommodation plan, it will be audited by the Classification and Records of the Ministry of Criminal Justice in Texas and the date of issuance is calculated. Usually, these operations can take two to six weeks.
The ruler cannot veto the conditional release by the Amnesty Council. The ruler, based on a recommendation by the amnesty council, can grant compassion. This includes amnesty, passengers, and Repuries.
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The Associated Press Joan A. Lausano in this report from Houston.
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