Appeals Court Hearing For Texas Inmate Who Ate His Eye

HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Attorneys for a North Texas death row inmate who removed his only eye and ate it in a bizarre outburst several years ago are arguing to a federal appeals court that he’s too mentally ill to be executed.
Lawyers for Andre Thomas also contend his trial attorneys were deficient when a North Texas jury in 2005 convicted him of killing his estranged wife’s 13-month old daughter.
His estranged wife, Lauren Boren Thomas, and their 4-year-old son, An