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HUNTSVILLE, Texas
(AP) — The first woman scheduled to be executed in the U.S. since 2010
won a reprieve Tuesday, mere 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.
