Kimberly McCarthy
Dallas County prosecutors say they aren't appealing a state judge's decision to halt the scheduled Tuesday evening execution of Kimberly McCarthy, 51. She would have been the first woman put to death in the U.S. Since 2010. Ref. USAToday
Kimberly Mccarthy (Hover)
Kimberly McCarthy became the 500th person put to death in the Lone Star state since Texas resumed carrying out the death penalty. McCarthy used a butcher knife and candelabra to beat and fatally stab a retired college professor during a 1997 robbery. Ref. USAToday