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January 30, 2013

Texas Woman Wins Delay of Execution 
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A state judge in Texas has granted a last-minute reprieve to a woman who
had been set for execution. Kimberly Mc Carthy, 51, won the stay on
Tuesday just hours before she was to be killed. Mc Carthy would have
been the first woman put to death in the United States since 2010.
Attorneys for Mc Carthy, who is African American, say the mostly white
jury that convicted her was improperly selected on the basis of race.

 

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