Execution Postponed; Order Is Lost in Mail
Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Tex. —
A man scheduled to die early today for murdering a police officer received an 11th-hour reprieve because his death warrant may have been lost in the mail, officials said.
Ramon Montoya was granted the reprieve, lasting until Dec. 1, on Tuesday by state District Judge Tom Price of Dallas. The warrant for Montoya to receive a lethal injection today was signed in court July 21 and mailed to prison officials, the Dallas County district attorney’s office said. State prison officials said they never received it.
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