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The conviction was in 1989, today they admitted they were having a sexual relationship at the time of the conviction. He was just before he was to be put to death. "Charles Dean Hood was scheduled to be executed in mid-June, but a death warrant ran out as defense attorneys and prosecutors wrangled over the allegations and the judge, Verla Sue Holland, and the district attorney, Thomas O'Connell, refused to confirm their affair. But under orders from a judge, O'Connell was questioned under oath late Monday and Holland on Tuesday. According to a request for a reprieve filed by Hood's attorneys with Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the pair acknowledged "they had an intimate sexual relationship for many years" and kept it secret."
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