Born in god knows what shithole, calls herself "British", killed someone 
in Texas, now she must pay the price.
But wait ! She don't wanna die ! Actually, she didn't even do it, and is 
hoping that England, who recently freed a mass murderer out of 
compassion, might talk Texas into a little bit of the same.
Uhhh ,,, Good luck with that is all I can say.

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Death Row Briton pleads for her life by 'appearing' on the fourth plinth
Miranda Bryant and Emma Rowley
10.09.09

A British grandmother on Death Row in the US today "appeared" on 
Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth in an appeal to Londoners to save her 
from lethal injection.

Linda Carty, 50, was sentenced to death in 2002 for her role in the 
kidnap and murder of a 25-year-old woman but her trial has been 
criticised as "catastrophically flawed".

A life-size cut-out of Carty was placed on the plinth alongside a 
recorded message as part of the Antony Gormley's One & Other exhibition.

In the message, which started "Hello Trafalgar Square" and was recorded 
at her prison in Texas on Tuesday, she talked about the injustice of her 
trial, her background and her love of cricket.

Carty, who could be executed next May, said: "I'm sorry If I sound like 
a desperate woman. I am desperate, because the British people may be my 
last hope. If they ask for my life to be spared, maybe Texas will listen.

"Time is now running out and I appeal to every one of you and to the 
British Government to please help me," the former primary school teacher 
pleaded.

The plinth slot was won by Brian Capaloff, an opponent of the death 
penalty. He contacted legal charity Reprieve, which put him in touch 
with Carty. The charity's representatives were with him today.

Mr Capaloff, 46, a manager of a homelessness centre, from Falkirk, 
Scotland, held plaques with extracts of the interview in which Carty 
criticised her lawyer, and threw leaflets to watching crowds. "It was 
amazing. The response was excellent," he said. "I read up on this case 
and thought it was an excellent one to publicise.

"It would be amazing to speak to Linda. I don't think there's any 
evidence that proves she is guilty beyond reasonable doubt, and I am 
against the death penalty anyway."

Carty, a St Kitts-born British national, was jailed after being 
convicted over the abduction and murder of Joana Rodriguez, seized with 
her four-day-old son by three men in 2001. The baby was found unharmed 
but his mother had suffocated.

Sally Rowen, legal director for death penalty at Reprieve, said: "We 
want to raise people's awareness through this. We want people to write 
to Linda and the governor of Texas and show how strongly they're opposed."

'I was framed by kidnappers

On 16 May, 2001 Linda Carty and three co-defendants were said to have 
walked into the home of 25-year-old Joana Rodriguez in Houston, Texas.

The victim and her baby were kidnapped and Ms Rodriguez tied up and put 
in the boot of a car. She died from suffocation.

Carty claims she was framed by the kidnappers because of her work as an 
Drug Enforcement Agency informant.

But prosecutors said the men were hired by Carty who intended to "cut 
the baby out" and pass the child off as her own.

Reprieve says her defence should have challenged this, as the baby had 
already been born.

http://tinyurl.com/yhp2mu7

On 2009-10-13 09:05:05 +0200, Jesse  said:

> Born in god knows what shithole, calls herself "British", killed 
> someone in Texas, now she must pay the price.
> But wait ! She don't wanna die ! Actually, she didn't even do it, and 
> is hoping that England, who recently freed a mass murderer out of 
> compassion, might talk Texas into a little bit of the same.
> Uhhh ,,, Good luck with that is all I can say.
> 
> ````````````````````````````````````
> 
> 
> Death Row Briton pleads for her life by 'appearing' on the fourth plinth
> Miranda Bryant and Emma Rowley
> 10.09.09
> 
> A British grandmother on Death Row in the US today "appeared" on 
> Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth in an appeal to Londoners to save her 
> from lethal injection.
> 


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So she is a terrorist then or what?