Texas’ top criminal appeals court has stopped the scheduled execution of a Texas inmate who had been condemned for killing another prisoner more than 26 years ago. William Speer had
HOUSTON Texas top criminal appeals court has stopped Thursday evening s scheduled execution of a Texas inmate who had been condemned for killing another prisoner more than 26 years ago.
A Texas inmate faces execution Thursday for killing another prisoner more than 26 years ago, but the victim’s sister and religious leaders have asked authorities to spare his life. William Speer, 49, is set to receive a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
William Speer is slated to be put to death for the July 1997 strangling of a fellow inmate but the victim's sister and religious leaders want Speer's life to be spared.