The state is planning to use expired drugs to execute Wesley Ruiz today.
. At a Jan. 10 hearing on the afternoon of Fratta's scheduled execution, Mauzy agreed with attorneyused by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to execute death row inmates was likely expired, meaning that the state's mere possession of the drug, much less its use, is illegal. She also ruled that TDCJ hadn't denied Nolan's contention that the drug could cause"torture, ill treatment, or unnecessary pain.
and that he has worked to better himself during 14 years on death row. They argue that the jurors at his trial did not consider the sexual molestation, homelessness, and brain damage he suffered as a child, evidence that could have resulted in a life sentence rather than death. According to Nolan, several of the jurors have said that, given the chance, they would reevaluate the case. The foreman of the jury supports commuting Ruiz's sentence to life without parole.
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