A federal appeals court refused to grant...
A federal appeals court refused to grant a stay of execution to Doyle Skillern, leaving Texas Gov. Mark White and the U.S. Supreme Court as his only hopes to avoid execution early Wednesday. Skillern, 48, is sentenced to die for the Oct. 23, 1974, murder of Patrick Allen Randel, 40, a Texas Department of Public Safety undercover officer.
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