Death sentence upheld for 'Railroad Killer' BY MARK BABINECK Associated Press Writer HOUSTON - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Wednesday put confessed rail-riding serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz one step closer to getting his wish that he be executed as soon as possible. The state's highest criminal court, in a 7-2 decision, affirmed the Mexican drifter's May 2000 conviction and death sentence for the Dec. 17, 1998, rape-slaying of Dr. Claudia Benton, a Houston-area medical researcher. State District Judge William Harmon, who presided over the trial, said Wednesday Maturino Resendiz's appeals will continue unless he again asks to stop...