Barring
a last-minute stay, Kimberly McCarthy, 52, will face lethal injection
next Wednesday for the 1997 murder of her neighbour. Should the
execution be carried out, she would be the 500th person put to death by
Texas, a state that has shown more enthusiasm in modern times for
capital punishment than any other.
The
next seven days will be the culmination of an emotional and legal
rollercoaster for McCarthy. This is her third appointment with the death
chamber in the space of five months.
"She
is a very spiritual person. She believes what's meant to be is meant to
be, and it's all in God's hands," said Maurie Levin, McCarthy's legal
counsel since January.
Now
Levin has filed a new motion to stay execution with the Texas court of
criminal appeals. The filing argues that McCarthy has suffered from two
fundamental flaws that persistently crop up in death penalty cases.
"As
it turns out, Kimberly McCarthy is an African American woman scheduled
to be the 500th person to be executed in Texas. Her case raises two of
the most typical issues in the administration of the death penalty: race
discrimination and the quality of counsel," Levin told the Guardian.
Source The Guardian 21 juin
Les avocats de Kimberly mac Carthy dont Maurie Levin (avec qui nous souvent travaillé) se battent pour tenter de sauver Kimberly, une afro américaine qui risque d'être la 500° victime de l'état du Texas depuis 1976.
M. Levin a déclaré en substance:" son cas rassemble les deux traits caractéristiques de l'application de la peine capitale : la discrimination raciale et une mauvaise défense."
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