23-02-2017 13:08 via kxan.com

Texas inmate says racial testimony led to death sentence

TEXAS (KXAN) — The Supreme Court has ordered a new court hearing for a Texas prison inmate who claims improper testimony about his race led to his death sentence.
The justices voted 6-to-2 in favor of Duane Buck. He was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend and another man at her Houston apartment in 1995.
During the trial in 1997, defense expert witness Walter Quijano told jurors Buck was more likely to be dangerous in the future because he is black. Buck tried for years to get
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