HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Gov. Rick Perry blocked the execution of awoman two hours before she was to go to her death Wednesday so herlawyers can conduct new tests on evidence in the 17-year-old murdercase.
Frances Newton, 39, was convicted of killing her husband and twoyoung children. She would have been the first black woman and thefourth woman put to death in Texas since the Civil War. She deniedany involvement in the slayings.
The governor granted her a four-month reprieve a day after theTexas parole board, in a rare step, recommended it.
"I see no evidence of …
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