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August 26, 2015

Texas: Court Stays Execution of Man Convicted of 1997 Fatal Shooting 
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In more news from Texas, a court has stayed the execution of Bernardo
Tercero, who was convicted of a fatal shooting during an attempted armed
robbery in 1997, because a witness says she gave a false testimony
during the trial. Tercero says his gun accidentally discharged during a
struggle inside a Houston dry cleaners, killing high school teacher
Robert Berger. Tercero had been scheduled to be executed today. He would
have been the 11th person executed in the state of Texas this year.

 

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