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Top court clears way for execution of female inmate
December 8, 1997
Web posted at: 7:20 p.m. EST (0020 GMT)HOUSTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday cleared the way for the nation's second execution of a woman since the death penalty resumed in 1976.
The court rejected an appeal from Karla Faye Tucker, 38, one of seven women on death row in Texas.
She was convicted of killing a 27-year-old Houston man with a pickax during a burglary of the man's apartment in June 1983.
The Supreme Court issued its ruling without comment.
The only woman executed nationwide since the Supreme Court allowed the death penalty to resume was Velma Barfield of North Carolina in 1984.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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