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Leal v. Texas, 2011

In the case of Leal v. Texas, the United States Supreme Court refused to authorize a stay of execution for convicted murderer Humberto Leal. The State of Texas executed Leal by lethal injection just an hour after the Supreme Court made its decision on July 7, 2011.

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