USA - Texas. Carnell Petetan' death sentence overturned

USA - Texas

15 May 2021 :

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday vacated the 2014 death sentence of Carnell Petetan in the 2012 death of his estranged wife, ruling a McLennan County jury was wrong to decide Petetan is not intellectually disabled. Petetan, now 45, Black, will be returned to McLennan County for a new sentencing hearing. Petetan was convicted of breaking into his estranged wife’s Lake Shore Drive apartment and shooting her in front of her daughter and 2 men who rode from South Texas with him in September 2012.

https://wacotrib.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/high-court-vacates-petetans-death-sentence-in-waco-capital-murder-case/article_11616012-b357-11eb-b716-47f0a3dcbde5.html

https://www.kwtx.com/2021/05/13/appeals-court-vacates-death-sentence-of-central-texas-man-convicted-of-killing-his-wife/

 

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