A federal judge rejected another attempt by Texas’ oldest row inmate, Carl Wayne Buntion, to stop his execution after his lawyers argued that the punishment is cruel and unusual, court records filed on Thursday show.
Carl Wayne Buntion, pictured, who murdered Houston police officer James Irby during a 1990 traffic stop, is scheduled to be executed April 21.
Court records have outlined Buntion’s lengthy list of medical conditions as hepatitis C, cirrhosis and a chronic liver disease. He often uses a wheelchair and experiences vertigo"so severe that he cannot be housed in a cell which is not on the ground floor." The initial petition named Bryan Collier, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Bobby Lumpkin, director of the agency's Correctional Institutions Division, as defendants. In a prior statement, the agency said it does not comment on pending litigation.
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