Ex-death row inmate released on parole in Huntsville

By Alvaro Ortiz

October 8, 2014 | Updated: October 8, 2014 9:45pm

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Former Texas death row inmate Manuel Velez, 49, is greeted by his attorneys Jaclyn Brown, of Denver, right, and Brian Stull, of Durham, N.C. as he leaves the prison in Huntsville. After his release, he headed home to Brownsville.

By Alvaro Ortiz

October 8, 2014 | Updated: October 8, 2014 9:45pm

Manuel Velez, a 48-year-old construction worker from the Rio Grande Valley who had been on death row for the capital murder of his girlfriend's 11-month-old baby, was released Wednesday on parole.

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