{"id":1522,"date":"2026-05-14T23:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1522"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:31:09","slug":"edward-busbys-texas-execution-to-proceed-thursday-after-scotus-lifts-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=1522","title":{"rendered":"Edward Busby\u2019s Texas execution to proceed Thursday after SCOTUS lifts stay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FORT WORTH, Texas<\/strong> – <\/span>A Texas man convicted of murder is expected to be executed Thursday night after the Supreme Court of the United States reversed a decision preventing his death.\u00a0<\/p>

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Edward Busby was found guilty of murdering a professor in 2005, and a federal appeals court temporarily stopped his execution Friday due to an intellectual disability.<\/p>

Busby execution to proceed<\/h2>
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The latest:<\/p>

SCOTUS issued their decision Thursday afternoon to vacate the stay issued by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals the previous week.<\/p>

In the decision, written by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court said it “finds itself unable to tolerate even a brief delay.” Jackson was joined by Justice Sonia Sotomayor in dissenting.<\/p>

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