Last minute reprieve for condemned man

A condemned prisoner was spared less than an hour before he was to be taken to the Texas death chamber for killing a man who was shot 10 times in the head.

A condemned prisoner was spared less than an hour before he was to be taken to the Texas death chamber for killing a man who was shot 10 times in the head.

Lawyers for Yokamon Hearn, 25, contend he may be mentally retarded and want time to pursue the claim. The US Supreme Court has barred the execution of the mentally retarded.

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