RUIZ v. TEXAS

No. 16-7792 (16A841).

137 S.Ct. 1246 (2017)

Rolando RUIZ, applicant, v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 7, 2017.


Application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE THOMAS and by him referred to the Court denied.

Petitioner Rolando Ruiz has been on death row for 22 years, most of which he has spent in permanent solitary confinement. Mr. Ruiz argues that his execution "violates the Eighth Amendment"...

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