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Supreme Court Halts Execution of Texas Inmate Ruben Gutierrez 20 Minutes Before Lethal Injection

by Sonia Park
Supreme Court Halts Execution of Texas Inmate Ruben Gutierrez 20 Minutes Before Lethal Injection

The U.S. Supreme Court has intervened to halt the execution of Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas inmate convicted of murdering an 85-year-old woman in her Brownsville home 25 years ago. Gutierrez, who was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Tuesday night, received a stay of execution less than an hour before the planned procedure.

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Gutierrez’s lawyer, Shawn Nolan, has been advocating for a DNA test that could potentially prove his client’s alleged innocence. The Supreme Court's decision to grant the stay. . .

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