Texas Death Row Inmate Wins Stay in U.S. Court
United Press International
HUNTSVILLE, Tex. —
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a scheduled execution pending a ruling on the condemned man’s request for a hearing on several appeal issues. Mario Marquez, 29, was to have been put to death by injection early today for raping and strangling his 14-year-old niece.
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