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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Texas Woman’s Execution Halted; DA Won’t Appeal

The first woman scheduled to be executed in the U.S. since 2010 won a reprieve Tuesday, hours before she was scheduled to be taken to the Texas death chamber.

State District Judge Larry Mitchell, in Dallas, rescheduled Kimberly McCarthy’s punishment for April 3 so lawyers for the former nursing home therapist could have more time to pursue an appeal focused on whether her predominantly white jury was improperly selected on the basis of race. McCarthy is black.

Dallas County prosecutors, who initially contested the motion to reschedule, chose to not appeal the ruling.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am sure the relatives of the 71 year old neighbor that she bludgeoned to death and severed the finger to get her wedding ring are relieved that Ms. Booth is getting a reprieve because she is black and the jury was motly white. So are theloved ones of the other 2 people she murdered because she was a crack addict. Will the race card ever be maxed out?

Anonymous said...

Obama has invited her to the White House for a Black Panther Summit...

Anonymous said...

Unreal...Grow some balls DA.

Anonymous said...

How do these low life lawyers sleep at night

Anonymous said...

Doesn't the brains of all you know-it-alls ever get tired?

Anonymous said...

If Obama had an Aunt, she would look like her.

Anonymous said...

1235 Better to have a tired brain than a dysfunctional inert one like you have.

Anonymous said...

1235 Better to have a tired brain than a dysfunctional inert one like you have.

January 31, 2013 at 2:30 PM

And you will advance to 1st grade next year?