USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Carl Wayne Buntion’s death sentence

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Carl Wayne Buntion’s death sentence ruling that  his trial jury received an improper instruction. Buntion, 65, has been on death row since 1991 for the June 27, 1990 shooting death of James Irby, 37, a police officer. The appeals court said instructions given to jurors deliberating whether he should get the death penalty did not have a proper way to "to give meaningful consideration" to evidence Buntion had a troubled childhood. Evidence also showed Buntion suffered from a paranoid personality disorder, depression and a mild brain dysfunction. (see also Apr. 28, 2006)