Supreme Court grants temporary stay of execution in Georgia

The US Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay of execution for a Georgia inmate whose attorneys argue that the 59-year-old black man's death sentence was tainted by a juror's racial bias.

Supreme Court grants temporary stay of execution in Georgia

The US Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay of execution for a Georgia inmate whose attorneys argue that the 59-year-old black man's death sentence was tainted by a juror's racial bias.

Keith Leroy Tharpe, known as Bo, was set to be put to death on Tuesday at 7pm at the state prison by injection, but the hour came and went as the justices considered his case.

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