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Honduran man on Texas death row gets Supreme Court review

Honduran man on Texas death row gets Supreme Court review | iNFOnews.ca
This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Carlos Ayestas. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday, April 3, 2017, to consider the appeal of Ayestas, who is on Texas death row and attorneys contend had poor legal help at his trial and in earlier stages of his appeals. Ayestas, 47, was condemned for beating and strangling a Houston woman during a robbery at her home more than 20 years ago. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP) A

HOUSTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider the appeal of a Honduran man on Texas death row for beating and strangling a Houston woman during a robbery at her home more than 20 years ago.

Attorneys for 47-year-old Carlos Ayestas have argued he unfairly was treated because he was not a U.S. citizen.

The high court also has reversed the judgments and returned to a lower court the cases of two other death row inmates — one a 1993 case from Red River County in far northeast Texas and another from Houston from 1983 — based on a decision last week where the justices ruled the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ignored current medical standards and required use of outdated criteria when it decided an inmate was mentally disabled.

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