>>>http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/23/virginia.woman.execution/index.html?hpt=C1
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>>>I guess someone will be updating the lyrics for "Gramma got run over by a reindeer"
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>>I don't know much about the case other than skimming that same article earlier today. It says she will be the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly 100 years, barring a last minute reprieve, which is does not sound like it's going to be forthcoming.
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>>What strikes me as odd is that "the two triggermen" got life in prison and she got the death sentence. Evidently the courts decided her role in masterminding the plot was more serious than carrying it out.
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>And the article I saw in yesterday's paper indicated that she's borderline mentally retarded. Didn't provide enough info to back that up, but it certainly raises questions for me.
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>Tamar

Same here. Also the discussions with the boyfriend who admitted to targeting her to begin with.