Texas is set to execute a person on death row Wednesday night after the Supreme Court denied his appeal, which claimed anti-Hispanic bias among jurors who sentenced him to death by lethal injection.
that Ruiz "points to no compelling factual or legal issues warranting further review" and that his allegations or racial bias were
Paxton argued that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ decision to dismiss the case on procedural grounds — without considering the merits of Ruiz's application — is shielded from federal review because it was made on state grounds independent from federal law. The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction, he claimed.Ruiz will be the second person in Texas to be executed this year, and the fourth nationwide.
As pharmacies increasingly stopped producing drugs for execution, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice began extending the expiration dates of drugs in its supply after retesting their potency,The department has faced several legal challenges over concerns that the old drugs can cause pain during executions, though none have succeeded in halting the practice.
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