The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled on Wednesday that Riles' death sentence"can no longer stand" because the jury that sentenced him was not given instructions to consider his mental illness as a possible mitigating factor.Why Virginia's abolition of the death penalty is a big deal for the state and the USThe case will be sent back to Harris County, where he was originally tried, for a new punishment proceeding.
Now, the exonerated want to ensure Biden keeps pledgeThe jurors answered yes to both questions and Riles was sentenced to death.Riles was scheduled to be executed three times, but he was found to be too mentally ill to execute, Posel told CNN."The first time they found him incompetent was in 1987 and 1988 and he has never been restored," she said.