USA - Texas. Carnell Petetan' death sentence overturned
For intellectual disability


The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday vacated the 2014 death sentence of Carnell Petetan in the 2012 death of his estranged wife, ruling a McLennan County jury was wrong to decide Petetan is not intellectually disabled. Petetan, now 45, Black, will be returned to McLennan County for a new sentencing hearing. Petetan was convicted of breaking into his estranged wife’s Lake Shore Drive apartment and shooting her in front of her daughter and 2 men who rode from South Texas with him in September 2012.
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- (Source: Waco Tribune, 12/05/2021)
