June 9 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Tuesday granted a stay to a Texas death row inmate who was scheduled to be executed next week.
U.S. District Court Judge Hilda Tagel granted a stay of execution to Ruben Gutierrez, 42, after his attorneys have requested additional DNA testing in the case and challenged a Texas Department of Criminal Justice statute prohibiting all religious or spiritual advisors from entering the execution chamber.




