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Kimberly McCarthy, a Texas resident, was scheduled to be the first woman executed in the United States since 2010. Lucky for her, her lawyers were able to get her execution date pushed back from yesterday, January 29th, to Wednesday, April 3rd.

The 60-day delay was ruled by State District Judge Larry Mitchell in order to give McCarthy time to pursue an appeal based on the grounds of discrimination. 

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McCarthy, a black woman, believes that the jury was unjustly selected to be all white.

“Of the twelve jurors seated at trial, all were white, except one, and eligible non-white jurors were excluded from serving by the state. … These facts must be understood in the context of the troubling and long-standing history of racial discrimination in jury selection in Dallas County, including at the time of Ms. McCarthy’s trial,” Maurie Levin, McCarthy’s lawyer, stated. 

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McCarthy, a former nursing home therapist, was convicted and sentenced to death after stabbing, beating, and robbing her 71-year-old neighbor in 1997. She gained entrance into her neighbor’s home by stating that she needed to borrow some sugar. Then she proceeded to stab the victim to death and even cut off one of Booth’s fingers so that she could steal and pawn a wedding ring. 

Gross!

Do you think McCarthy deserved to have her execution date pushed back, or is she just trying to stall?

SOURCE: USA Today, Reuters