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Justices spurn Georgia inmate, despite juror’s racial slurs

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Court rejects appeal of inmate whose execution was halted

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The Supreme Court in Washington is seen at sunset, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. The Supreme Court is giving a Georgia death row inmate who came within minutes of being executed another chance to raise claims of racial bias on his jury. The justices voted 6-3 Monday to order the federal appeals court in Atlanta to take up the case of inmate Keith Leroy Tharpe. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Justices give Georgia death row inmate new round of appeals

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Inmate recorded apology hours before he thought he’d die

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The gurney in the death chamber is shown in this May 27, 2008, file photo from Huntsville, Texas. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File) ** FILE **

Keith Leroy Tharpe case: Supreme Court grants execution stay to consider juror racial bias

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This undated photo provided by Georgia Department of Corrections shows Keith Leroy Tharpe. Georgia is preparing to put to death Tharpe, who killed his sister-in-law 27 years ago. But his lawyers say the execution should be stopped because his death sentence is tainted by a juror’s racial bias. Lawyers for the state dispute that and say 59-year-old Tharpe should die as scheduled on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

Inmate whose execution was stayed waits on US Supreme Court

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The Latest: Supreme Court grants temporary stay of execution

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This undated photo provided by Georgia Department of Corrections shows Keith Leroy Tharpe. Georgia is preparing to put to death Tharpe, who killed his sister-in-law 27 years ago. But his lawyers say the execution should be stopped because his death sentence is tainted by a juror’s racial bias. Lawyers for the state dispute that and say 59-year-old Tharpe should die as scheduled on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

Supreme Court grants temporary stay of execution in Georgia

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The Latest: Board denies clemency for condemned prisoner

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This undated photo provided by Georgia Department of Corrections shows Keith Leroy Tharpe. Georgia is preparing to put to death Tharpe, who killed his sister-in-law 27 years ago. But his lawyers say the execution should be stopped because his death sentence is tainted by a juror’s racial bias. Lawyers for the state dispute that and say 59-year-old Tharpe should die as scheduled on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

Parole board declines to spare life of inmate set to die

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Lawyers: Death sentence tainted by juror’s racial bias

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Clemency hearing set for inmate set for execution this month

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Execution set for Georgia man who killed his sister-in-law

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