Wow. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals really came through this time. The Court of Criminal Appeals ordered Walter Bell Jr. and Alberto Valdez removed from death row. The Court found that Bell and Valdez are mentally retarded and cannot be executed. Bell has been on death row for 29 years. His IQ is reportedly in the 50s, which is well below the generally accepted, yet somewhat arbitrary, threshold of 70. Valdez has been on death row since the late 80s.
The men will be held on death row until processing of their cases is completed. They will then be moved to the general population to serve life sentences.
Court moves two killers off death row
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