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Cathey Execution Stayed by CCA

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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has issued a stay in the case of Eric Cathey, who was scheduled to be executed tonight in Huntsville.  AP's Mike Graczyk files, "Condemned Houston killer gets execution repreieve," via the Houston Chronicle website.In his petition to the appeals court, Cathey argued that executing a mentally retarded inmate would violate the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Secondly, he argued that his right to due process would be violated unless a hearing was held to weigh his claim of being mentally retarded.As noted in this post earlier today, there is only one more scheduled execution in Texas this year.  According to TDCJ, Robert Hudson has an execution date this Thursday, November 20.continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).