NEWS (9/​15/​20) — Texas: A Bexar County tri­al court judge has issued an order with­draw­ing the death war­rant that had sched­uled Carlos Trevino’s exe­cu­tion for September 30, 2020. The court cit­ed ​“the cur­rent COVID-19 con­di­tions in Texas” as the grounds for postponement. 

The order was the third time in 2020 that Trevino’s exe­cu­tion had been resched­uled. His exe­cu­tion was ini­tial­ly sched­uled for March 11, 2020, but was post­poned until June 3. Shortly there­after, Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of emer­gency in Texas because of the coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic. On April 15, the Bexar County court with­drew that death war­rant because of the pan­dem­ic and resched­uled Trevino’s execu­tion for September 30. This time, the court sched­uled a hear­ing for March 5, 2021 to set a new the execution date.

The court’s action marks the 11th time a planned state exe­cu­tion has been put off because of COVID-19. Texas has halt­ed eight exe­cu­tions because of the coro­n­avirus and Tennessee has halt­ed three others. 

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See Outcomes of Death Warrants in 2020.