Frances Newton: Time to Texecution Growing Shorter
Frances Newton is scheduled to be executed in Texas tomorrow night. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee gave a press conference today, urging that Newton be granted a reprieve.
Ms. Newton's habeas sought to raise three independent claims:
- The first is that she is actually innocent, and that had she received effective counsel, no rational juror would have convicted her.
- The second is that she is actually innocent of the sentence (meaning she should not have been sentenced to death).
- Thirdly, her conviction and sentence violate the due process clause, because the State has destroyed potentially exculpatory evidence
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