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Execution Stayed Due to Virus

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of John Hummel for 60 days due to the current health crisis caused by COVID-19 and “the enormous resources needed to address that emergency.”

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of John Hummel for 60 days due to the current health crisis caused by COVID-19 and “the enormous resources needed to address that emergency.”

Hummel, who was supposed to be executed Wednesday, was sentenced to death for the 2009 murders of his pregnant wife, father-in-law and young daughter.

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