Texas court denies Richard Ford's life sentence appeal

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The 13th Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a 2024 Hidalgo County court's life sentence of a man convicted of murdering his ex-wife. Richard Ford, 46, was sentenced to life without parole for the capital murder of his ex-wife, Melissa Banda, in March 2024. Banda's body was found in a rural [...]