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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Cathey Execution Stayed by CCA

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.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 03:58 PM in Execution Date, Mental Retardation, Specific Case, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals | Permalink

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The StandDown Texas Project

The StandDown Texas Project was organized in 2000 to advocate a moratorium on executions and a state-sponsored review of Texas' application of the death penalty. To stand down is to go off duty temporarily, especially to review safety procedures.

Steve Hall

Project Director Steve Hall was chief of staff to the Attorney General of Texas from 1983-1991; he was an administrator of the Texas Resource Center from 1993-1995. He has worked for the U.S. Congress and several Texas legislators. Hall is a former journalist.

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