Houston (WBAP/KLIF) – A Jewish death row inmate who was part of the “Texas 7” gang of escaped prisoners, and faced execution in less than a week has won a reprieve after claiming the former judge at his trial was anti-semitic. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Friday granted a stay of execution for Randy Halprin, who had been scheduled to die by lethal injection October 10. Halprin alleged in his appeal that ex-Dallas County judge Vickers Cunningham referred to him with anti-semitic language. Halprin was one of seven escaped prison inmates who shot and killed Irving police officer Aubrey Hawkins on Christmas Eve, 2000.
Condemned killer wins stay of execution
Oct 5, 2019 | 8:25 AM









