Texas delays execution of man paid $2,000 to murder woman

Texas delayed the execution on Tuesday of a man convicted of murdering a woman in exchange for $2,000 from her relatives while the U.S. Supreme Court considers a last-minute appeal. Roland Ruiz, 44, was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. for the murder of Theresa Rodriguez, 29, in 1992 in the San Antonio area.