A death row inmate has a stay of execution from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
The court stayed the execution of William Speer a few hours before he was scheduled to receive the lethal injection on Thursday.
Speer was sent to death row for murder a fellow prison inmate in 1997.
He was already serving a life sentence for a murder he'd committed when he was 16 years old. On Tuesday, the Texas parole board denied clemency or a six-month reprieve for Speer.
The appeals court issued the stay "pending further order of this Court."
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