Ruben Gutierrez was sentenced to death for murdering an 85-year-old woman in 1998, but has always maintained his innocence.
Kim Kardashian West has thanked the Supreme Court for granting a stay of execution to a death row inmate.
The reality TV star, who has become a criminal justice reform campaigner and is studying law, had called for a reprieve for Ruben Gutierrez, an inmate in Texas who was sentenced to death for murdering an 85-year-old woman in 1998., have called for DNA collected from the victim's body to be tested in a bid to prove he is not guilty.Kardashian West visited the White House with three women freed from prison earlier this year.
Gutierrez was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday, but his execution was stopped by the Supreme Court just an hour beforehand. His lawyers successfully argued his religious rights are being violated because the Texan prison system will not allow a chaplain to accompany him to death row.Kardashian West, 39, said:"Thank you Supreme Court of the United States for granting a Stay of Execution for Ruben Gutierrez! Now his case will go back to the lower courts to decide the issues with his case!"
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