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Texas halts controversial execution

A Texas court has halted the execution of a man who killed the father of a federal appeals court judge just hours before he was due to die by lethal injection.

Texas halts controversial execution

Thu, 16 Aug, 2001 - 08:18

A Texas court has halted the execution of a man who killed the father of a federal appeals court judge just hours before he was due to die by lethal injection.

Napolean Beazley was only 17 when he killed the man during a botched carjacking.

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