Supreme Court spares Texas man hours before execution

A Texas man condemned for bludgeoning a woman to death with a garden tool in 1989 won a stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday four hours before he was to be strapped down for lethal injection. The lawyer for Mauro Barraza, who was 17 when he carried out the slaying during a drug-induced haze, persuaded the high court to halt the execution while the justices continue their deliberations over whether youthful offenders should be subjected to the death penalty. [more]