Texas is set to move forward with the execution of an inmate, its first since a five-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.
ICUs overflow in California; paramedics tackle the hardest-hit county in Arizona; Texas reported over 10,000 new coronavirus cases in 24-hours and testing capacity is getting strained.Texas is set to move forward with the execution of an inmate Wednesday, its first since a five-month delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Wardlow's attorney, Richard Burr, told ABC News Wednesday that there are three pending petitions in the Supreme Court that could possibly result in a stay of execution.MORE: ACLU sues AG Barr, feds to delay execution amid coronavirus pandemic "You can scientifically know now it was impossible to predict future dangers of an 18-year-old because their brains are still not fully formed," Burr said.
Death row inmate Billy Joe Wardlow in an undated prison photograph provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville, Texas, July 7, 2020. Texas is among the states that have seen an increase in coronavirus cases, the daily rate of positivity, hospitalizations and deaths, according to an ABC News analysis.
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