Frances Newton Scheduled For Execution

As her attorneys sought a last-minute, 30-day stay from the Governor and local black leaders warned of dire consequences, Frances Elaine Newton is scheduled to be executed shortly after 6 p.m. today for the murder of her husband and two children in 1988.

Newton's attorneys requested a 30-day stay from Gov. Rick Perry, who granted Newton a 120-day stay in December, after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused Monday to stop the execution and the Texas Board of Appeals voted 7-0 not to recommend that her sentence be commuted to life in prison.

Newton was sentenced to death in 1988 for murdering her 21-month-old daughter, Farrah Elaine Newton, at the same time she also killed her husband, Adrian Newton, and her 7-year-old son, Alton Newton.

Prosecutors say she killed her family to collect life insurance.

See Also:
Last-Ditch Efforts to Save Inmate
Newton's Attorneys Ask Perry for a 30-Day Delay

Earlier Articles:
Frances Newton Seeks Another Execution Stay
Newton Gets Last-Minute Stay (December)

Background:
Women on Death Row - Frances Elaine Newton