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| Mississippi scheduled to execute first woman in 70 years |
| By theguardian.com- Jon Swaine |
| Published: 03/27/2014 |
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Mississippi is planning to execute a woman for the first time in 70 years, despite someone else having repeatedly confessed to the murder that she was convicted of orchestrating. Michelle Byrom is due to be killed by lethal injection as soon as Thursday for hiring a man to shoot dead her abusive husband, Edward, at their home in Iuka in June 1999. Prosecutors claimed that she was attempting to collect $350,000 from his estate and life insurance policy. Byrom’s son, Edward Jr, was the star witness for the prosecution at her trial. He said that he was part of the plot and that his friend Joey Gillis fired the shot. He and Gillis were convicted of lesser charges relating to the killing and were jailed. They have both since been released. Read More. |
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