Father saves life of man who killed their family 30 minutes before execution due to take place

A man who hired a gunman to murder his mother and brother has had his death sentence commuted 30 minutes before the lethal injection took place. Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott spared the life of Thomas “Bart” Whitaker after the inmate’s father begged for his son not to be killed. Whitaker was jailed for life without parole for a 2003 scheme to inherit his family's considerable wealth by having his parents and 19-year-old brother murdered.

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