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September 20, 2010

Virginia Scheduled to Execute 1st Woman Prisoner in Century
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Virginia is poised to carry out its first execution of a woman prisoner
in nearly a century. On Friday, Governor Robert Mc Donnell said he won’t
grant clemency to Teresa Lewis despite claims she is borderline mentally
ill. Lewis was convicted of arranging the 2002 murders of her husband
and stepson. She is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday
unless the Supreme Court sides with her appeal.



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