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Mexican-American singer Selena Quintanilla passed away at the age of 23 years when she was shot in the back by Yolanda Saldivar on March 31, 1995. In a recent hearing of Saldivar's case on March 27, 2025, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied parole to the accused.
For the unversed, granting parole allows a convict to be released before their prison sentence officially ends, comprising conditions like promising to behave well.
Denied parole means rejection of a prisoner's request for prior release before serving their full sentence by an authority or parole board.
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As per the Prisoners Review Board of Western Australia, if a prisoner doesn't agree with the board's decision, they can request a review of the decision.
The condition for reviewing denied parole can be made if the prisoner believes the decision was an error of law, or was made using irrelevant or incorrect information.
Yolanda Saldivar was convicted of first-degree murder in October 1995 and sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 30 years. In Saldivar's case, her next parole review is set for March 2030.
The reason cited by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles for rejecting Saldivar's parole request was the nature of her offense, adding she could be a threat to society.
The board's statement mentioned that Saldivar's parole would entail a "conscious disregard for the lives, safety, or property of others, such that the offender poses a continuing threat to public safety.”
Additionally, the panel emphasized that their decision was made after a thorough consideration of available information, including Yolanda Saldivar's confidential interviews.
Details of Selena Quintanilla's death explored amid news of convict Yolanda Saldivar's denied parole
Yolanda Saldivar, a former nurse, was the founder of a Selena Quintanilla fan club and was also the manager of the late singer's clothing boutique.
She was fired from the venture in early March 1995 for embezzling money, shortly after which she Saldivar shot Selena Quintanilla in the back at a Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi with a .38 calibre revolver.
The late singer made it to the motel lobby and collapsed, after which she was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Yolanda Saldivar was accused of Quintanilla's murder after motel employees confirmed that the late singer named Saldivar from 'room 158' as her killer. At the time, Saldivar told the authorities that she had bought the gun to kill herself and that:
“I didn’t mean to do it. I didn’t mean to kill anybody,”
After her arrest, Saldivar's trial was moved to Houston and she testified that she tried to kill herself while confronting Selena Quintanilla, however, the gun misfired at the singer.
Saldivar acquired a paralegal and an associate degree in criminal justice in prison and filed multiple civil rights complaints claiming mistreatment by the state's prison system as well as appeals of her conviction, which were rejected.
Expressing gratitude for the parole board's decision, Selena Quintanilla's widower Chris Pérez took to Instagram on March 27, 2025, stating that the board's decision reaffirmed that justice continued to prevail for the late singer's demise.
