View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com. By MaryClaire Dale, NBCPhilidelphia.com A Philadelphia judge has halted Wednesday's scheduled execution of death-row inmate Terrance "Terry" Williams and granted him a new sentencing hearing. AP Terrance Williams is shown in this undated Pennsylvania Department of Corrections' photo. Related: Penn. board rejects clemency in murder case, execution still planned Williams' lawyers say police and prosecutors withheld evidence about the sexual link between him and victim Amos Norwood, so the jury never heard about it before voting for a death sentence. More content from NBCNews.com:
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9/28/2012
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