Supreme Court halts Texas execution of Ruben Gutierrez for murder of 85-year-old woman Gutierrez was set to be executed by lethal injection on Tuesday, 25 years after he was convicted of murdering ...

T he U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution less than an hour before a Texas inmate was set to die by lethal injection, a "devastating" development for the family of the victim in the case ...

Prosecutors said Gutierrez, 43, was attempting to steal more than $600,000 that Escolastica Harrison had hidden in her home in Brownsville, located in Texas' southern tip, when he killed her in 1998.

Gutierrez's latest appeals to the high court and Gov. Greg Abbott also asked for a halt to his execution because the coronavirus continues spreading in the state.The Texas Court of Criminal ...

The U.S. Supreme Court granted a reprieve Tuesday to a Texas inmate scheduled to die for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old woman more than two decades ago. The move to halt Ruben Gutierrez's ...

T he Supreme Court halted on Tuesday the execution of Texas death row inmate Ruben Gutiérrez at the last minute. It did so after agreeing to consider a writ of certiorari, legal language used to ...

The Supreme Court halted a scheduled Texas execution late on Tuesday, the day Ruben Gutierrez was set to be put to death for the 1998 murder of an elderly woman in Brownsville.

The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening. The inmate has long maintained DNA testing would help ...

The Supreme Court blocked the exection of Ruben Gutierrez, seen here, over concerns for religious rights. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP) BARR ORDERS EXECUTION DATES FOR FOUR ...

Unless the U.S. Supreme Court grants a stay of execution by 6:00 this evening, 43-year-old Ruben Gutierrez will become the 570th human being put to death by the state of Texas since 1982.

Supreme Court halts Texas execution of Ruben Gutierrez for murder of 85-year-old woman. Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY. ... Ruben Gutierrez's execution stay is 'devastating,' nephew says.

The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution less than an hour before a Texas inmate was set to die by lethal injection, a "devastating" development for the family of the victim in the case and ...