4:15 p.m. CDT, May 13, 2014
Reporting from Houston—
Hours before Texas could carry out the nation's first execution since Oklahoma officials botched a lethal injection last month, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a dramatic unanimous ruling Tuesday that halted Robert Campbell's execution and granted him a new appeal.The court cited new defense evidence that Campbell is intellectually disabled, with an IQ of 69 -- below the minimum threshold set by most courts that would make it unconstitutional for him to be executed.
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