article_snippet: The scheduled Wednesday execution of a convicted cop killer that would have used up Texas's last dose of a lethal injection drug has been halted by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
article_snippet: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled to stop The scheduled Wednesday execution of a convicted cop killer that would have used up the state's last dose of a lethal injection drug late on Monday.
article_snippet: The death chamber where executions take place is located in the Walls Unit in downtown Huntsville, Texas .
article_snippet: The drug is used for lethal injections and The drug is now difficult to obtain for capital punishment.
article_snippet: An expert will need to determine whether An expert's competent to receive the death penalty.
article_snippet: The Eighth Amendment bars the execution of a person who does not understand that An expert execution is imminent and does not understand why An expert are being executed.
article_snippet: Texas prison officials, like those in other death penalty states, have found it increasingly difficult to find suppliers to provide drugs intended for capital punishment use.