Overview
- The Supreme Court overturned a Fifth Circuit stay on Thursday, allowing Texas to proceed with Edward Busby’s execution.
- Busby was scheduled to receive a lethal injection after 6 p.m. CDT at the state prison in Huntsville.
- Three justices dissented, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing that the Court would not allow even a brief delay.
- Experts for both the prosecution and defense have said Busby is intellectually disabled, yet a trial judge in 2023 rejected that finding after the local district attorney recommended a life sentence.
- The Texas attorney general asked the Court to lift the halt as meritless and time-barred, and the justices granted the request.