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Texas Woman Wins Delay of Execution

HeadlineJan 30, 2013

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

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