US woman seeks last-minute death penalty reprieve

January 30, 2013 00:52

A Texas woman, convicted of a grisly slaying and robbery of a 71-year-old neighbour, set to become the first woman executed in the United States since 2010, has sought a last-minute reprieve. Kimberly McCarthy's lawyers have asked Governor Rick Perry to issue a 30-day reprieve citing racial bias which they argued impacted the case.

McCarthy, 51, is black. Her victim, retired professor Dorothy Booth, was white.

"The unacceptable disparate impact of race on the administration of the death penalty in Texas has become increasingly well established," McCarthy's lawyers wrote.

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