The Latest on the Texas execution scheduled for Wednesday evening (all times local):3:15 p.m. The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to block the scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate who killed two men after one of them mocked him for falling for a fake drug deal. The court's ruling on appeals for 48-year-old Christopher Wilkins came about three hours before his scheduled Wednesday evening lethal injection. State attorneys argued courts had rejected similar appeals and that defense lawyers were simply employing delaying tactics. State attorneys said courts have rejected similar appeals and that defense lawyers are simply employing delaying tactics.

Source: Fox News January 11, 2017 21:49 UTC