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31 deadline now governs whether Lee Gilley returns to Texas to face trial. Italy's Turin Court of Appeal temporarily blocked his extradition on July 20, demanding written assurances from the U.S.
government on the death penalty and on any sentence of life without parole before a follow-up hearing scheduled for early September.
Gilley seeks Italian protection as extradition fight continues Gilley, 39, was charged in the October 2024 capital murder of his pregnant wife Christa, who was nine weeks along at the time of her death.
The Harris County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide caused by neck compression. Gilley has pleaded not guilty, and his attorneys contest that finding.
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