Texas death row execution halted as case takes a strange twist

Texas inmate Larry Swearingen, who has been sitting on death row for 17 years, may have been plotting to avoid his date with the execution chamber in November by having a serial murderer take the fall for his crime, according to a county prosecutor.
But an attorney for Swearingen denies such a plot exists with a second death-row inmate, Anthony Shore, and Shore has not tried to take the rap for Swearingen’s convictions. The attorney said over the weekend that the county prosecution’s collusion accusation is false and part of a series of blunders in a faulty prosecution.
For Shore, with five murder convictions, admitting to one more killing would not change his death sentence. But for Swearingen, such a confession could spare his life.
The questions about a confession led a state court to call for the postponement of Shore’s planned Oct. 18 execution a few hours before his scheduled lethal injection until authorities can determine the facts.

Texas death row execution halted as case takes a strange twist