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FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2003, file photo, death row inmate Randy Halprin, then 26, sits in a visitation cell at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. Halprin, a Jewish death row inmate who was part of the &quot;Texas 7&quot; gang of escaped prisoners and facing execution in less than a week has won a reprieve after claiming the former judge, Vickers &quot;Vic&quot; Cunningham, at his trial was anti-Semitic and frequently used racial slurs. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday granted a stay of execution for Randy Halprin, who had been scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Oct. 10. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer, File)

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FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2003, file photo, death row inmate Randy Halprin, then 26, sits in a visitation cell at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. Halprin, a Jewish death row inmate who was part of the &quot;Texas 7&quot; gang of escaped prisoners, has filed an appeal claiming the former county Judge Vickers Cunningham, who convicted him, was anti-Semitic and frequently used racial slurs. Halprin argues that Cunningham should've recused himself.(AP Photo/Brett Coomer, File)

‘Texas 7’ death row inmate claims judge was anti-Semitic

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