Court appeals at least temporarily delay execution


January 22, 2014 at 8:21p.m.

Court appeals at least temporarily delay execution

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The execution of a Mexican national was put on hold today as the U.S. Supreme Court considered appeals to keep 46-year-old Edgar Tamayo from the Texas death chamber. Tamayo had been set to die this evening for the slaying 20 years ago of a Texas police officer, Guy Gaddis, 24.