High Court Blocks Texas Execution

MiamiHerald.com: Political Currents, Miami Herald: Politics
Wed, 03/24/2010 - 3:16pm

The Supreme Court has blocked the execution of a Texas man who says DNA testing could clear him of the triple slaying that has sent him to death row.

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