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Updated: 4:49 PM Sep 12, 2005
Parole Board Declines To Commute Houston Woman’s Death Sentence
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles refused Monday to commute the death sentence of Women’s Death Row inmate Francis Newton, who’s scheduled to die Wednesday.
Posted: 4:49 PM Sep 12, 2005 |
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The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles voted 7-0 Monday against commuting the death sentence of Women’s Death Row inmate Francis Newton, 40, who’s scheduled to die by injection Wednesday for the murders of her husband and two children 18 years ago.
The vote came hours after the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to halt the execution.
Newton’s attorneys have appeals pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Newton would be only the third woman and the first black woman executed in Texas since executions resumed in 1982.
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