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| Texas man scheduled for execution in killing 0f 93-year-old woman during robbery 10 years ago |
| By therepublic.com- Michael Graczyk |
| Published: 07/16/2015 |
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas death row inmate was scheduled to be put to death Thursday for killing a 93-year-old woman at her home during a robbery a decade ago, though his lawyers sought a day earlier to have the execution delayed. Clifton Lamar Williams was convicted of killing Cecelia Schneider, who was found by firefighters as they responded to a call about smoke coming from her home in Tyler, about 85 miles east of Dallas, in July 2005. Investigators later determined she had been beaten and stabbed before her body and her bed were set on fire. If the death sentence is carried out, Williams, 31, would be the 10th inmate to receive a lethal injection this year in Texas. The state carries out the death penalty more than any other state, and has at least seven other executions scheduled in the coming months. The U.S. Supreme Court refused in April to review Williams' case. But late Wednesday, defense attorney James Huggler asked Texas courts for at least a 60-day delay after the Texas Attorney General's Office disclosed that two witnesses at Williams' 2006 trial used incorrect statistics provided by the FBI when testifying about population and DNA probabilities. Read More. |
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