A Texas inmate appeared headed toward execution Wednesday night for the fire deaths of three young girls after a state appeals court voided a lower court judge’s order that gave him a reprieve earlier in the day. Raphael Holiday, 36, won a short-lived reprieve when the trial court judge withdrew the execution warrant after Holiday’s trial lawyer appealed that his client’s conviction and some testimony during the trial’s punishment phase were both improper. State District Judge Hal Ridley said the issues deserved review. The Texas attorney general’s office appealed the ruling and the Texas Court of Criminal...
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