Houston— On Wednesday, Texas is scheduled to since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 — and the inmate is a woman. Kimberly McCarthy, 52, a former occupational therapist, was convicted and sentenced to death in 1998 in the beating and stabbing death of her 71-year-old neighbor during a robbery. McCarthy was originally scheduled to be put to death Jan. 29, but received a stay until April, when her execution was again postponed. Her attorney told The Times on Wednesday that McCarthy had exhausted her appeals, the most recent having...
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