Linda Anita Carty was born on 5 October 1958 and is a Kittitian-American former schoolteacher who is on death row in Texas.
17 Facts About Linda Carty
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Linda Carty has appealed her conviction, with her most recent petition to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari being denied by the Supreme Court on November 13,2018.
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Linda Carty emigrated to the United States in 1982 and is a United States citizen.
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In 1992, Linda Carty was convicted of auto theft and impersonation of an FBI agent.
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Linda Carty was sentenced to 10 years probation, on the condition she would work as a drug informant.
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Linda Carty's services ended when she was arrested on drug charges.
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However, in media interviews, Linda Carty has claimed that she was recruited by a friend from the Houston Police Department and that her work for the Drug Enforcement Administration helped land seizures of thousands of dollars worth of narcotics and led to the imprisonment of scores of dealers.
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On May 16,2001, Linda Carty and three co-defendants invaded a home and kidnapped a 20-year-old female and her newborn son.
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Investigators initially suspected Linda Carty after discovering that she had told people she was going to have a baby despite not appearing pregnant.
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Police then telephoned Linda Carty and asked her to meet with them.
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Linda Carty told them that a car she had rented and her daughter's car might have been used in the crime.
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On 26 February 2010, Linda Carty appealed to the US Supreme Court, in which the British government filed an amicus curiae brief.
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Linda Carty has claimed that she was framed by three men for her work as an informant with the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Baker Botts, the law firm handling Linda Carty's appeal, have argued that her trial attorney, Jerry Guerinot, handled her defense in an incompetent manner.
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Linda Carty's case received media attention in September 2009 when her image was placed on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square by her British supporters.
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Linda Carty is presently being held on death row at the Mountain View Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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On March 22,2022, ITV broadcast British Grandma on Death Row with Susanna Reid, in which Linda Carty continued to profess her innocence.