Florida man set to be executed this month testifies for Miami friend also facing death penalty

Two men on death row, including one who is set to be executed at the end of April, testified in defense of a Miami handyman who could also face the ultimate punishment for killing a La Carreta waitress with a rice cooker power cord in 2005.

Rafael Andres, 61, had his first day of a Spencer hearing on Monday, which is an opportunity for the defendant’s attorneys to try and convince a judge to go against a jury’s death recommendation and choose life in prison as a punishment instead.

In 2014, Andres was convicted and later sentenced to death for the murder of Ivette Fariñas…

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