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…