Texas Inmate's Death Penalty Reinstated
  • 6 years ago

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An inmate on death row in a Texas prison who was temporarily spared by the U.S. Supreme Court had his death sentence reinstated by a state court on Wednesday after it determined that he was competent to be executed, legal filings showed. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state’s highest court for criminal cases which is dominated by conservatives, said in a decision on Wednesday it had revised its standards to better reflect modern medical thinking and abide by U.S. Under its new protocols, inmate Bobby Moore, 58, can be executed, it said. Legal filings showed it was based on standards adopted about a quarter century ago.
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