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Brit on Texas death row loses high court appeal
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2010/05/03 06:20
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pThe Supreme Court has refused to review the case of a British woman on death row in Texas for killing a young mother./ppThe justices on Monday rejected an appeal from Linda Carty, who was convicted of kidnapping and killing a woman whose child she also snatched in Houston in 2001. Carty has complained that her trial lawyers were deficient./ppThe British government and human rights groups have aided Carty's cause./ppCarty is one of 10 condemned women in Texas. She is a former teacher from St. Kitts in the British Virgin Islands./ppIn September, a taped voice recording of Carty begging Britons to help save her life was broadcast into London's Trafalgar Square.
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