The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man shortly before he was to receive a lethal injection in a killing decades ago. The nation’s high court issued the stay about 20 minutes before Ruben Gutierrez was to have been taken into the Huntsville, Texas, death chamber Tuesday evening.
Supreme Court grants Texas man a stay of execution just before his scheduled lethal injection
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man shortly before he was to receive a lethal injection in a killing decades ago. The nation’s high court issued the stay about 20 minutes before Ruben Gutierrez was to have been taken into the Huntsville, Texas, death chamber Tuesday evening.
