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Ladybbird · 28-07-20, 21:22

Brit Gran on Death Row for Killing a Mum to Steal Her Baby 'Running Out of Time'

Linda Carty is the only Brit on death row in the US after she was convicted of the kidnap and murder of a young mum in Texas in 2001

Daily Mirror UK, 29 JUL 2020

Linda Carty is the only British citizen awaiting execution on death row in America.

The 61-year-old was sentenced to death 19 years ago for the kidnap and murder of young mum, Joana Rodriguez, so she could steal the 25-year-old's newborn son.

In the months leading up to the gruesome crime Carty, who was born in St Kitts and moved to Houston in Texas to work as a primary school teacher, told neighbours she would soon become a mum.

However, when police later interviewed them, the neighbours claimed to be surprised because Carty, who they say had bought a baby seat for her car, did not look pregnant.

Carty's trial also heard that she had told her husband, from who she had recently separated, that she was expecting a baby.

Linda Carty was sentenced to death after she was convicted of kidnap and murder (Image: Channel 4)

The former teacher, who once sang for Prince Charles when she was a child, has always insisted she is innocent of the crimes.

She has lodged several appeals - all of them have failed - and now she fears the only option left to her is to what for execution by lethal injection.

Carty, now a grandmother, told the Telegraph: "I can truthfully say to you I did not commit this crime."

Joana was a young mum who had given birth to her baby son, Ray, just two days before her harrowing death.

The mother and son were abducted from their apartment in Houston, Texas, on May 16, 2001.

Later that day the tiny boy was found, alive, in a car - but his mum's body was discovered in the boot of a second car.

Carty is the only British citizen on death row in the US

Joana's legs and arms had been bound with duct tape, along with her mouth and nose and she had a plastic bag over her head.

The 25-year-old had suffocated to death.

Carty was arrested along with Gerald Anderson, Chris Robinson, and Carlos Williams and charged with the abduction and murder of Joana.

During her trial, Carty's co-accused placed the blame firmly at her door, claiming she was the mastermind behind the whole twisted scheme.

While the three men received long prison sentences, Carty was the only one sentenced to death.

Carty has always insisted she is innocent

She claims she was framed for the kidnap and the murder because she was working as a drug informant for the US authorities.

Carty also claims she had never met the three men who were her co-accused, although phone records show there were almost a dozen calls between her and Anderson on the night of the crime.

Two of the men later said they had been coerced into testifying against Carty, who, at the time of her arrest was on probation for impersonating a federal agent and previously had been arrested for auto theft and drug charges.

Years after her conviction, Carty's handler at the Drug Enforcement Agency, Charles Mathis, came forward to say he did not believe she was capable of committing the crime.

Her daughter Jovelle Carty, who lives in Houston and takes Carty's grandchildren to see her when she can on death row, has also long campaigned for her mother's release.

Carty has spent almost 20 years on death row

Carty's case has also been supported by the British Foreign Office and lawyers for the UK government have submitted objections to her sentence.

They have expressed "serious concerns for Ms Carty's human rights, fair trial, and access to justice".

A UK official said: "We have been providing support to Ms Carty for a number of years, and will continue to do so.

"We have raised our interest in her case on multiple occasions with the US authorities, and remain in close contact with her family and legal team.

"We judge each request to file an amicus curiae brief on its individual merits and following careful legal scrutiny, as we have done on this case."

Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger has taken up Carty's case (Image: REUTERS)

Mick Jagger's ex-wife, Bianca, has also taken up Carty's case and in 2009 Brian Capaloff used his slot on the fourth plinth of London's Trafalgar Square to highlight her case.

Human rights group Reprieve is also supporting Carty.

Despite launching several appeals, Carty remains on death row.

She said: "The sad thing is you don't get an opportunity, once you've executed someone, to go back and dig them up from the grave and say 'Oops, I made a mistake, let me just put you back together'. You're done. You're dead."

Carty's time on death row has been "horrid". She describes her cell as covered in mould with water running down the walls.

And she says she also wants justice for the victim's family.

What crimes have been reported in your neighbourhood? Check with In Your Area.

Carty explained: "She's somebody's child too and she's somebody's daughter. So for me it's not only a healing process for me but to show the families that the person you have been hating all these years and that you thought because the state of Texas told you this is who did it, did not commit this crime."

In 2018 the US Supreme Court declined to consider what may well be Carty's final appeal.

If Carty is exceuted she would be the first Brit to be punished with the death penalty since Ruth Ellis in 1955.

She said: "I just think they should abolish the whole death penalty period. Is it a deterrent? No. It doesn't serve the purpose for which they created it. The victims' families will never have closure.

"Anyone can see there's something wrong with the death penalty system. It's not working, it's not trustworthy. It is flawed."

Ladybbird · 22-03-22, 11:31

Gran's 20 Years as Only Brit on US Death Row For Killing US Mum to Steal Her Baby

Susanna Reid visited Linda Carty, who has been on death row in Texas for 20 years for murdering a young mum and trying to steal her four-day-old baby, a crime she insists she did not commit

Daily Mirror 22 MAR 2022

As a loving gran, Linda Carty longs to hug her two grandsons, but she is on death row, the only British woman awaiting execution in the US, and must see visitors through a thick glass divide.

Linda maintains her innocence

Carty has been on death row in Texas for 20 years for murdering a young mum and trying to steal her four-day-old baby, a crime she still insists she did not commit.

When presenter and journalist Susanna Reid visited her at the Mountain View Unit, a maximum security prison in Texas, Carty told her: “If I were guilty of this crime, I would have taken my punishment.

“Anyone who knows the system knows Texas does not admit when they are wrong. I’ll fight until the end.

“If I lose my life I know I have people behind me who will not stop until they clear my name.” Bianca Jagger has taken up Carty’s case, and human rights group Reprieve is also supporting her.

In May 2001, a court heard that Carty orchestrated the kidnap of her pregnant neighbour, Joana Rodriguez, 25, by three men in Houston, Texas, intending to cut the baby out of Joana’s body.

At the time of the murder, Carty had bought and scrubs and scissors, but Joana had given birth to son Ray four days earlier.

Ray survived the kidnapping and was found in a car the next day, but Joana was found suffocated in the boot of Linda’s car.

Susanna says: “The story is so twisted. Joana was a new mum, she had everything to live for, but died in the most horrific circumstances. Somebody needs to be held accountable for it. At the moment, that’s Linda Carty.”

Born on the island of Saint Kitts before it gained independence from Britain, Carty kept her UK citizenship and passport after moving to Houston, aged 23, with her daughter Jovelle, now mother of Carty’s teenage grandsons Jhori and Caden.

When Carty was arrested, the British consulate in Houston was not informed, as it should have been. And she was assigned the lawyer Jerry Guerinot, a notoriously hopeless attorney who lost all 34 capital cases he defended at trial.

He is said to have met Carty for just 15 minutes before her case and failed to call any defence witnesses at her trial.

The jury convicted Gerald Anderson, Chris Robinson, and Carlos Williams of going to Joana’s home on May 16, 2001, and abducting her and baby Ray.

She has been in death row in Texas for 20 years

They said Carty had wanted the baby to bring up herself. The men all received long jail terms, but only Carty got the death sentence.

Asked about her part in the crime in Susanna’s ITV documentary, Carty says: “I can truthfully look you in the eye and tell you I had nothing to do with this crime.”

Now 63, she insists she was framed and her only mistake was lending someone her car. It was used in the kidnapping, but there was no DNA evidence linking her to Joana’s murder.

But Lynn Hardaway, former Harris County Assistant District Attorney, says: “I don’t have any doubt she is guilty. All the evidence was consistent and had her as the ringleader.”

Baby clothes and a baby chair were found in the hotel room where Carty was staying at the time, and she had told her ex-boyfriend she was expecting a baby, but was not pregnant at the time of her arrest.

Carty says she had suffered a miscarriage, but this has never been corroborated by any medical records.

After spending time with Carty, Susanna is still unsure about the verdict. She says: “The fact of the matter is, a woman was found bound and gagged, and she had suffocated.

“It’s horrific. Absolutely horrific. And what the court heard Linda was planning to do with the unborn baby...it’s almost unspeakable.” But she is not 100% convinced Carty was guilty.

Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger appealing for help

Susanna says: “I found it impossible to come to a final judgment. She has been tried by a jury and found guilty and all her appeals have failed.

@The justice system has found her guilty. But I have been talking to the British lawyer, who has looked into the case and listening to her American defence lawyer, who was pro death penalty before he took her case, and now says, ‘You cannot be pro death penalty when you see the injustice in this case’.

Grandma on death row in Texas maintains innocence in Susanna Reid chat

28-07-20, 21:22	#1
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,546 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	DEATH for UK Gran for Killing US Mum to Steal Her New Baby Brit Gran on Death Row for Killing a Mum to Steal Her Baby 'Running Out of Time' Linda Carty is the only Brit on death row in the US after she was convicted of the kidnap and murder of a young mum in Texas in 2001 Daily Mirror UK, 29 JUL 2020 Linda Carty is the only British citizen awaiting execution on death row in America. The 61-year-old was sentenced to death 19 years ago for the kidnap and murder of young mum, Joana Rodriguez, so she could steal the 25-year-old's newborn son. In the months leading up to the gruesome crime Carty, who was born in St Kitts and moved to Houston in Texas to work as a primary school teacher, told neighbours she would soon become a mum. However, when police later interviewed them, the neighbours claimed to be surprised because Carty, who they say had bought a baby seat for her car, did not look pregnant. Carty's trial also heard that she had told her husband, from who she had recently separated, that she was expecting a baby. Linda Carty was sentenced to death after she was convicted of kidnap and murder (Image: Channel 4) The former teacher, who once sang for Prince Charles when she was a child, has always insisted she is innocent of the crimes. She has lodged several appeals - all of them have failed - and now she fears the only option left to her is to what for execution by lethal injection. Carty, now a grandmother, told the Telegraph: "I can truthfully say to you I did not commit this crime." Joana was a young mum who had given birth to her baby son, Ray, just two days before her harrowing death. The mother and son were abducted from their apartment in Houston, Texas, on May 16, 2001. Later that day the tiny boy was found, alive, in a car - but his mum's body was discovered in the boot of a second car. Carty is the only British citizen on death row in the US Joana's legs and arms had been bound with duct tape, along with her mouth and nose and she had a plastic bag over her head. The 25-year-old had suffocated to death. Carty was arrested along with Gerald Anderson, Chris Robinson, and Carlos Williams and charged with the abduction and murder of Joana. During her trial, Carty's co-accused placed the blame firmly at her door, claiming she was the mastermind behind the whole twisted scheme. While the three men received long prison sentences, Carty was the only one sentenced to death. Carty has always insisted she is innocent She claims she was framed for the kidnap and the murder because she was working as a drug informant for the US authorities. Carty also claims she had never met the three men who were her co-accused, although phone records show there were almost a dozen calls between her and Anderson on the night of the crime. Two of the men later said they had been coerced into testifying against Carty, who, at the time of her arrest was on probation for impersonating a federal agent and previously had been arrested for auto theft and drug charges. Years after her conviction, Carty's handler at the Drug Enforcement Agency, Charles Mathis, came forward to say he did not believe she was capable of committing the crime. Her daughter Jovelle Carty, who lives in Houston and takes Carty's grandchildren to see her when she can on death row, has also long campaigned for her mother's release. Carty has spent almost 20 years on death row Carty's case has also been supported by the British Foreign Office and lawyers for the UK government have submitted objections to her sentence. They have expressed "serious concerns for Ms Carty's human rights, fair trial, and access to justice". A UK official said: "We have been providing support to Ms Carty for a number of years, and will continue to do so. "We have raised our interest in her case on multiple occasions with the US authorities, and remain in close contact with her family and legal team. "We judge each request to file an amicus curiae brief on its individual merits and following careful legal scrutiny, as we have done on this case." Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger has taken up Carty's case (Image: REUTERS) Mick Jagger's ex-wife, Bianca, has also taken up Carty's case and in 2009 Brian Capaloff used his slot on the fourth plinth of London's Trafalgar Square to highlight her case. Human rights group Reprieve is also supporting Carty. Despite launching several appeals, Carty remains on death row. She said: "The sad thing is you don't get an opportunity, once you've executed someone, to go back and dig them up from the grave and say 'Oops, I made a mistake, let me just put you back together'. You're done. You're dead." Carty's time on death row has been "horrid". She describes her cell as covered in mould with water running down the walls. And she says she also wants justice for the victim's family. What crimes have been reported in your neighbourhood? Check with In Your Area. Carty explained: "She's somebody's child too and she's somebody's daughter. So for me it's not only a healing process for me but to show the families that the person you have been hating all these years and that you thought because the state of Texas told you this is who did it, did not commit this crime." In 2018 the US Supreme Court declined to consider what may well be Carty's final appeal. If Carty is exceuted she would be the first Brit to be punished with the death penalty since Ruth Ellis in 1955. She said: "I just think they should abolish the whole death penalty period. Is it a deterrent? No. It doesn't serve the purpose for which they created it. The victims' families will never have closure. "Anyone can see there's something wrong with the death penalty system. It's not working, it's not trustworthy. It is flawed." __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,546 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Re: DEATH for UK Gran for Killing US Mum to Steal Her New Baby Gran's 20 Years as Only Brit on US Death Row For Killing US Mum to Steal Her Baby Susanna Reid visited Linda Carty, who has been on death row in Texas for 20 years for murdering a young mum and trying to steal her four-day-old baby, a crime she insists she did not commit Daily Mirror 22 MAR 2022 As a loving gran, Linda Carty longs to hug her two grandsons, but she is on death row, the only British woman awaiting execution in the US, and must see visitors through a thick glass divide. Linda maintains her innocence Carty has been on death row in Texas for 20 years for murdering a young mum and trying to steal her four-day-old baby, a crime she still insists she did not commit. When presenter and journalist Susanna Reid visited her at the Mountain View Unit, a maximum security prison in Texas, Carty told her: “If I were guilty of this crime, I would have taken my punishment. “Anyone who knows the system knows Texas does not admit when they are wrong. I’ll fight until the end. “If I lose my life I know I have people behind me who will not stop until they clear my name.” Bianca Jagger has taken up Carty’s case, and human rights group Reprieve is also supporting her. In May 2001, a court heard that Carty orchestrated the kidnap of her pregnant neighbour, Joana Rodriguez, 25, by three men in Houston, Texas, intending to cut the baby out of Joana’s body. At the time of the murder, Carty had bought and scrubs and scissors, but Joana had given birth to son Ray four days earlier. *Ray survived the kidnapping and was found in a car the next day, but Joana was found suffocated in the boot of Linda’s car.* Susanna says: “The story is so twisted. Joana was a new mum, she had everything to live for, but died in the most horrific circumstances. Somebody needs to be held accountable for it. At the moment, that’s Linda Carty.” Born on the island of Saint Kitts before it gained independence from Britain, Carty kept her UK citizenship and passport after moving to Houston, aged 23, with her daughter Jovelle, now mother of Carty’s teenage grandsons Jhori and Caden. When Carty was arrested, the British consulate in Houston was not informed, as it should have been. And she was assigned the lawyer Jerry Guerinot, a notoriously hopeless attorney who lost all 34 capital cases he defended at trial. He is said to have met Carty for just 15 minutes before her case and failed to call any defence witnesses at her trial. The jury convicted Gerald Anderson, Chris Robinson, and Carlos Williams of going to Joana’s home on May 16, 2001, and abducting her and baby Ray. She has been in death row in Texas for 20 years They said Carty had wanted the baby to bring up herself. The men all received long jail terms, but only Carty got the death sentence. Asked about her part in the crime in Susanna’s ITV documentary, Carty says: “I can truthfully look you in the eye and tell you I had nothing to do with this crime.” Now 63, she insists she was framed and her only mistake was lending someone her car. It was used in the kidnapping, but there was no DNA evidence linking her to Joana’s murder. But Lynn Hardaway, former Harris County Assistant District Attorney, says: “I don’t have any doubt she is guilty. All the evidence was consistent and had her as the ringleader.” Baby clothes and a baby chair were found in the hotel room where Carty was staying at the time, and she had told her ex-boyfriend she was expecting a baby, but was not pregnant at the time of her arrest. Carty says she had suffered a miscarriage, but this has never been corroborated by any medical records. After spending time with Carty, Susanna is still unsure about the verdict. She says: “The fact of the matter is, a woman was found bound and gagged, and she had suffocated. “It’s horrific. Absolutely horrific. And what the court heard Linda was planning to do with the unborn baby...it’s almost unspeakable.” But she is not 100% convinced Carty was guilty. Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger appealing for help Susanna says: “I found it impossible to come to a final judgment. She has been tried by a jury and found guilty and all her appeals have failed. @The justice system has found her guilty. But I have been talking to the British lawyer, who has looked into the case and listening to her American defence lawyer, who was pro death penalty before he took her case, and now says, ‘You cannot be pro death penalty when you see the injustice in this case’. Grandma on death row in Texas maintains innocence in Susanna Reid chat __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

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