A Texas inmate received a last minute stay of execution Wednesday, and his lawyers say he's suffering from mental illnesses. It's a case that's been closely watched by the national media, and has given fuel to the conversation about whether someone that's mentally ill should be executed for their crimes.
He was supposed to be on our side, but who could have thought for one moment that a member of the United States Armed Forces would turn into a homicidal maniac against his own "brothers".
According to reports from various sources including the StandDown Texas Project, Carlos DeLuna should not have been executed in 1989 for the stabbing death of Wanda Lopez at a convenience store in Corpus Christi.
Citing a four year investigation released last week, in which less than perfect eyewitness testimony, law enforcement misconduct, and botched investigations, among other things, spelled