USA - Texas. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the death penalty sentence of Eric Lynn Moore

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the death penalty sentence of Eric Lynn Moore because of his mental wellbeing. The Court filed a 2 to 1 decision to stop the execution of 42-year-old Moore who has been sitting on Texas death row since 1991. A Collin County district court convicted and sentenced Moore to death along with Kenneth Eugene Bruce in connection with the robbery and murder of 54-year-old Helen Elizabeth Ayers and 58-year-old Robert Ayers on Dec. 10, 1990. Bruce was executed by lethal injection on Jan. 14, 2004.