Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Huntsville Unit Texas State Penitentiary, which houses Texas' execution chamber, on Jan. 31, 2024. Credit: Maria Crane/The ...

A man convicted of raping and killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter has been taken off death row after a higher court ruled his intellectual disability made him ineligible for execution. A ...

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Texas’ highest criminal court re-sentenced death row inmate Tomas Gallo to life in prison Wednesday, ruling that he is too intellectually disabled to be executed. A Harris County jury sentenced Gallo ...

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