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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Kayla Guo

Supreme Court delays execution of Ruben Gutierrez for 1998 Brownsville murder

The view of Texas' execution chamber from a witness viewing room.
The view of Texas' execution chamber in Huntsville from a witness viewing room. (Credit: Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

The Supreme Court halted a scheduled Texas execution late on Tuesday, just minutes before Ruben Gutierrez was set to be put to death for the 1998 murder of an elderly woman in Brownsville. Gutierrez spent the past decade fighting for DNA testing of evidence that he says would prove he did not kill her.

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