Ruben Gutierrez was scheduled to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening, but the high court granted a stay about 20 minutes beforehand.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted aof execution to a Texas man who for more than a decade has requested DNA testing to prove his innocence in a 1998 killing.
The court stayed his execution once before, in 2020, after Gutierrez challenged a Texas law that barred a spiritual adviser from being present with him in the execution chamber.
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