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Becky Washa, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, cries as she holds a photo of her sister Holly Washa, Thursday, March 12, 2009, outside the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash. The state Supreme Court stayed the execution of Cal Coburn Brown,...
