Sonnier Stay
Death Penalty: Last night, less than two hours before he was scheduled to be executed, Derrick Sonnier received a stay from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The motions on his behalf (a Motion for Stay of Execution, and a longer, more detailed Petition for Writ of Prohibition), were filed by attorneys with the Texas Defender Service. They argue that the “question of the constitutionality of Texas’ lethal…