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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2001

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday stopped the scheduled execution of convicted murderer Napoleon Beazley just four hours before he was set to die.

The court said it halted the execution to consider 10 issues raised by Beazley's attorneys. One of the challenges made is that Beazley was only 17 when convicted of killing the father of a federal judge.

The Supreme Court this week had refused to stop the execution.

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Tex. Court Grants Stay of Execution To Juvenile Killer (The Washington Post 8/16)

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