USA (Texas): Further information on Death penalty, Derrick Sonnier (m)

USA (Texas): Further information on Death penalty, Derrick Sonnier (m)

Derrick Sonnier received an indefinite stay of execution from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in the afternoon of 3 June, a few hours before he was due to be put to death. He was sentenced to death in 1993 for the murder of his neighbour and her young son in 1991.