Texas Halts Execution of Robert James Campbell at Eleventh Hour
A court in Texas halted an execution Tuesday with just hours to spare of a convicted murderer who had appealed on grounds he suffered intellectual disabilities.
A court in the US state of Texas halted an execution Tuesday with just hours to spare of a convicted murderer who had appealed on grounds he suffered intellectual disabilities. Robert James Campbell would have been the first US inmate put to death since…
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