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October 1, 2012

Penn. Judge Stays Execution of Prisoner Who Killed Sexual Abuser 
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A Pennsylvania judge has granted a stay of execution to a death row
prisoner convicted of murdering his sexual abuser. Terrance "Terry"
Williams was scheduled to be executed on Wednesday for the 1984 murder
of Amos Norwood. Norwood had sexually abused Williams over a number of
years up until the night before Williams took revenge by ending
Norwood's life. But on Friday, a state court halted the execution and
ordered a new sentencing hearing over evidence prosecutors had withheld
evidence of Norwood's molestation of Williams and other minors. Williams
was convicted based on the prosecution's contention that he had been
trying to rob Norwood before the murder, not seeking revenge for sexual
abuse. Pennsylvania prosecutors say they plan to appeal to the state
Supreme Court.

 

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