St Kitts-born woman to die by lethal injection

A St Kitts-born woman has been told to prepare herself to die by lethal injection after her appeal to a United States federal court was denied.



The Fifth Circuit Court conceded that Linda Carty, 50, received inadequate defence at her trial, but refused to reverse the jury’s decision to execute her.



The court had also refused to hear new evidence which Carty’s lawyers believe cast serious doubt on her conviction.



Carty was convicted and sentenced to die by lethal injection for the murder of her neighbour, Joana Rodriguez.



The crime took place on May 16, 2001when three men broke into the apartment of Rodriguez and her partner Raymundo Cabrera, demanding drugs and cash.



They abducted Rodriguez and her four-day-old son, Ray, who was later found unharmed in a car, while Rodriguez had suffocated.