A Galveston man convicted and sentenced to death in...

A Galveston man convicted and sentenced to death in the murder of his toddler stepdaughter had an ineffective lawyer and should be given a new trial, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Wednesday. In a 5-4 ruling, the court found that Santiago Varelas' attorney did not ask for specific jury instructions on how to consider some of the evidence against him. Varelas, 25, was convicted in 1995 and sentenced to die for the beating death of his 2-year-old stepdaughter, Leanna Williams.