A Texas man who killed his pregnant wife, father-in-law and five-year-old daughter has been spared from death by COVID-19. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals delayed the execution of John William Hummel due to the COVID-19 outbreak, reported Jurist. The execution was scheduled for March 18, 2020, but
the court determined that “the execution should be stayed at the present time
in light of the current health crisis and the enormous resources needed to
address that emergency.”
In the motion to the court, Hummel’s attorney, Michael Mowla,
claimed that if there are unexpected absences due to the novel coronavirus,
“the execution could be botched in an unexpected and grotesque manner.”
Mowla went as far as to suggest that the execution could
itself assist in spreading COVID-19. “Gathering all these people in one
location presents a substantial risk of transmission of COVID-19/Coronavirus if
anyone is infected.” Further, Texas delayed executions in the wake of September
11, 2001 and Hurricane Harvey according to Mowla.
Hummel was convicted of
the 2009. The execution was scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, but is
stayed for 60 days.
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