Top of the Hour: Supreme Court Grants Stay to Texas Man on Death Row, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to convicted Texas death row inmate Duane Buck, who was scheduled to die yesterday for the murders of two people in 1995. The Court agreed to review Buck’s lawyers’ contention that race played a role in his sentencing.

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