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HOUSTON (AP) — Next month’s scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate, whose attorneys say gouged out both of his eyes — each a separate incident — because of severe mental illness, was delayed by a judge on Tuesday.
The execution of Andre Thomas has been delayed after a judge withdrew the order following requests from his attorneys for additional time to prepare for a competency hearing.
His attorney told Newsweek that Andre Thomas is "one of the most mentally ill prisoners in Texas history."
Andre Thomas was sentenced for the 2014 killing of his estranged wife, their 4-year-old son and her 13-month-old daughter.
Andre Thomas, 39, was set to be executed on 5 April for killing his estranged wife and her two children in 2004