Texas to Carry Out Execution Despite Inmate's Plea, Recent Controversy

The Texas state government plans to carry out the execution of Robert James Campbell on Tuesday despite the condemned man's Monday appeal for a delay

Campbell, who was convicted of raping and murdering a woman, has asked for a stay of execution through his lawyers because the government won't reveal where it obtained the drugs that will be used for his lethal injection. The convict's lawyers have tried to use a botched execution in Oklahoma in late April as grounds to legitimize Campbell's appeal, but a federal court of appeals denied the motion. Campbell's lawyers have appealed the decision to the United States Supreme Court. Read more...