Tonight, Texas is scheduled to execute its 11th death row inmate this year. As Matt Largey of KUT News reports, controversy surrounding the inmate’s case could put the spotlight back on Gov. Rick Perry‘s death penalty record, which has received national attention in recent weeks.

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