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Clinton County Woman Gets Stay of Execution
Clinton County Woman Gets Stay of Execution - Friday, April 2, 2010 at 04:01AM EST
Reported by: Eyewitness News
Friday April 02 2010
LOCK HAVEN, CLINTON COUNTY -- A Clinton County woman who was supposed to be executed this month for murdering an elderly man got a stay of execution.
Shonda Walter was convicted for the hatchet murder of 83-year-old James Sementelli. It happened in 2003 in Lock Haven. Prosecutors say Walter robbed Sementelli of $500 and his car.
A Clinton County judge granted the defense lawyer a stay to prepare court filings.
Walter was scheduled to be executed April 22nd. | |
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