Appeals Court Halts Texas Man Scheduled To Be Executed TODAY, Will Texas Execute Him Anyway?
Amy & T.J.
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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Death penalty opponents are waiting to see if Texas will proceed with what they say would be an unconstitutional execution. Texas’ Attorney General has appealed to the nation’s highest court to lift a stay on Edward Busby’s scheduled execution for today. There are reports that Texas officials plan to move forward with the execution despite a federal appellate court ruling last week that put a temporary hold on it pending a Supreme Court decision on a separate case. The issue at hand, whether or not Edward Busby is intellectually disabled, which would make him ineligible for the death penalty. Busby was convicted in the 2004 robbery and murder of a retired Texas Christian University professor.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. |
| 0:07.1 | It is Thursday, May 14th. |
| 0:09.7 | And an on again, off again, execution was scheduled for today in Texas. |
| 0:17.0 | It's off again. |
| 0:18.8 | And we're standing by to see if Texas goes through with it anyway with that |
| 0:23.9 | welcome to this episode of amy and t. j robs this is shaving up to be a hell of a day for mr |
| 0:27.9 | edward busby it certainly is and it's been a hell of a past few years because this is the |
| 0:33.7 | third time his execution has been stayed and now we we are hearing, in fact, reporters are waiting there in the state of Texas to see |
| 0:43.0 | if the state of Texas will go through with his execution, despite the fact that Friday, |
| 0:50.9 | a federal appeals court put a temporary stay on his execution. |
| 0:55.0 | Okay, so, Robs, as we record this, we are hours away from his scheduled execution. |
| 1:02.0 | It's supposed to happen at 6 o'clock, no. |
| 1:05.0 | It would be central time. |
| 1:06.0 | Central time. |
| 1:07.0 | Central time. |
| 1:08.0 | So 7 o'clock Eastern time. |
| 1:09.0 | Today, we do not know what's going to happen. |
| 1:13.7 | Because as you say, Robes, a stay was put in place. |
| 1:18.2 | It's difficult to kind of explain this stay because it's not a matter of, it doesn't |
| 1:23.2 | even seem like the court wants to make the decision. |
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