Texas inmate who says death sentence based on false expert testimony faces execution

By JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate whose attorneys say received a death sentence due to false and unscientific expert testimony is facing execution for fatally stabbing a man during a robbery more than 33 years ago. Brent Ray Brewer is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Thursday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. The 53-year-old was condemned for the April 1990 slaying of 66-year-old Robert Laminack. The vitim was attacked in Amarillo as he was giving Brewer and his girlfriend a ride. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to halt the execution. The court rejected claims by Brewer’s attorneys that prosecutors relied on false and discredited expert testimony at his 2009 resentencing trial.