USA - Texas. Kimberly McCarthy, 51, black, has received a Jan. 29 execution date.

Kimberly McCarthy, 51, black, has received a Jan. 29 execution date. McCarthy was sentenced to die in Dallas County on December 7, 1998 for the July 1997 killing of Dorothy Booth, 71, during a robbery at Booth's home. McCarthy is 1 of 10 women sentenced to die in Texas but is the only one with a scheduled execution date. Since Texas resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982, only 3 of the 482 people put to death have been women.