Texas hit man gets second stay of execution
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August 28, 2016
AUSTIN, Texas (AP, Aug. 28, 2016) – A convicted hit man scheduled to be put to death Wednesday for a murder-for-hire plot that left a woman dead more than 23 years ago has received a reprieve from a state appeals court – the second he has received within a week of an execution date.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals voted 5-2 to issue a stay of execution Friday in the case of Rolando Ruiz. Presiding Judge Sharon Keller and Judge Michael Keasler dissented without comment. Judges Barbara Hervey and Kevin Yeary did not participate in the ruling.
Ruiz, 44, had gotten within an hour of a lethal i...
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