* News * World news * United States British woman on death row makes final bid to avoid execution

[Peikko 1,575]

..."When I began this case, I was pro-death penalty," said Mike Goldberg of the law firm, Baker Botts, which is now representing Carty. "But the facts are so outrageous that my firm is sparing no expense to get Linda Carty a new trial."

Goldberg claims that key witnesses were never contacted.

Clive Stafford Smith of Reprieve said: "It is time for the British to get seriously worried about Linda. She has not come close to a fair hearing so far - her lawyer presented virtually no defence, and no court has since taken her case seriously."

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[Niels Bohr 72]

#######! The judge didn't even review the evidence correctly. Should've declared a mistrial based on the prosecution side that the baby was removed from the womb using "surgical scissors." In fact, the baby was born 4 days prior already.

There's a weak defense because no one contacted the DEA that CARTY was working for them.

[Otto 83]

Guilty As Charged...

On May 16, 2001, Carty and three codefendants invaded the home of a 25-year-old woman.

The woman and her three-day-old baby were kidnapped and two other victims were beaten, duct taped and left in the residence.

The woman was hog-tied with duct tape, a bag was taped over her head and she was placed in the trunk of a car where she died from suffocation

No where in the article does Carty (or anyone else) claim 'she didn't do it...'

[Peikko 1,575]

Oops

Edited March 29, 2009 by Madame Cleo

[Peikko 1,575]

According to this article she was not there:

n 2001, three men broke into the apartment where the murder victim, Rodriguez, lived with her partner, Raymundo Cabrera. The men demanded drugs and stole a small quantity of cash. They also beat and bound Cabrera and his cousin, Rigoberto Cardernas, and abducted Rodriguez and her four-day-old son, Ray. The baby was later found unharmed in a car, but Rodriguez was suffocated to death after being bound, her mouth duct-taped, and a plastic bag placed over her head.

The prosecution's case was that Carty was afraid of losing her common-law husband, Jose Corona, and thought that, if she had another baby, he would stay with her. It was alleged that, because she was unable to conceive, she hired the men to kidnap a pregnant Rodriguez and remove the baby, using a pair of "surgical scissors".

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Guilty As Charged...

On May 16, 2001, Carty and three codefendants invaded the home of a 25-year-old woman.

The woman and her three-day-old baby were kidnapped and two other victims were beaten, duct taped and left in the residence.

The woman was hog-tied with duct tape, a bag was taped over her head and she was placed in the trunk of a car where she died from suffocation

No where in the article does Carty (or anyone else) claim 'she didn't do it...'

Actually it says in the first paragraph that her family and campaigners believe she is innocent of the murder.

I'm wondering what the evidence was the secured the conviction in the first place.

It does seem a strange theory - that the woman committed this murder in order to steal someone's baby so that her "husband" would stay with her.

[Peikko 1,575]

Whatever way you look at it, this was not the best defence this person could have or should have received. For that reason alone this is a worrying case in terms of supporting the use of the death penalty.

Edited March 29, 2009 by Madame Cleo

[justashooter 430]

ahhhhh...

the truth about Cleo's identity comes out.

we're pulling for ya, honeybuns, but conspiracy is as good as the real thing in the eyes of the law.

[Ban Hammer 14,296]

her story sounds a bit dodgy

She became a confidential informant (CI), passing on information about dealers and occasionally making test purchases of drugs on behalf of the Drugs Enforcement Administration (DEA). As a result of this work, she claims, she inevitably made a number of enemies.