Ban on executing mentally ill inmates wins Texas House approval
The measure requires one more House vote before going to the Texas Senate, where similar bills have failed in previous legislative sessions.
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The measure requires one more House vote before going to the Texas Senate, where similar bills have failed in previous legislative sessions.
The chamber has repeatedly passed legislation in recent sessions eliminating the death penalty in cases of severe mental illness, but the issue has not gained traction in the more conservative Senate.
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A Texas judge has delayed the execution of Anibal Canales Jr., 58, who in 1997 strangled fellow Telford state prison inmate Gary Dickerson to death.
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