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Texas criminal appeals court takes man off death row over intellectual disability

Since Randall Mays was sentenced to death in 2008 for the murder of two sheriff’s deputies, his lawyers have argued his intellectual disability exempts him from execution.

Guard towers are located around the Polunsky Unit on Jan. 31, 2024.


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