11-11-2018 07:00 via chron.com

Harris County death row inmate’s intellectual disability claim gets another look

A Harris County court will determine whether a death row inmate from Houston is too intellectually disabled to execute.Eric Cathey, who has repeatedly professed his innocence, was convicted in a 1995 kidnapping-murder. But on Wednesday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals sent his back to a lower court, which has 60 days come up with findings. The 47-year-old former mechanic was sentenced to die for the killing of Christina Castillo, who was abducted by a group of men intent on robbing her boyfr
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