Delay Is Requested in Woman’s Execution
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From Times Wire Reports
The Texas parole board recommended delaying the state’s first execution of a black woman to give her lawyers more time to investigate her claims of innocence.
Gov. Rick Perry can agree with the board’s 5-1 vote or allow the execution to go ahead as scheduled today. There was no immediate comment from the Republican governor’s office.
Frances Newton, 39, was convicted in the 1987 shooting deaths of her husband and two children, ages 20 months and 7.
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