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Appeals court issues stay in execution of mentally ill man
Appeals judges question mental competence of 56-year-old man
December 3, 2014 Updated: December 3, 2014 9:43pm
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A schizophrenic inmate on Texas death row was granted a stay of execution by a federal appeals court just hours before he was scheduled to die Wednesday evening, a decision legal experts said was somewhat surprising but which made sense given the complexities of the case.
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