Execution looms for grandmother who lawyers say faced “flawed” trial.
Campaigners fight for death row Briton
Demonstrators in UK say woman due to be executed in US did not receive fair trial.
12 Aug 2010
Campaigners in the UK are making a last ditch attempt to stop the execution of a British woman on death row in the United States.
Linda Carty is due to be executed by lethal injection in Texas for the murder of a woman nine years ago.
Carty has always protested her innocence and campaigners say there were severe problems with the trial that convicted her.
Tim Friend reports.
Source : Al Jazeera
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