British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor of Georgia [Roy Barnes] urging him to commute the death sentence passed on a British man to imprisonment, [Prime Minister ] Tony Blair disclosed
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor of Georgia [Roy Barnes] urging him to commute the death sentence passed on a British man to imprisonment, [Prime Minister ] Tony Blair disclosed.
The mother of Tracy Housel, convicted in 1986 of murdering Jean Drew in the US state, appealed to Blair to intervene. Housel has been on Death Row for 16 years and could be executed in March.
The mother of Tracy Housel, convicted in 1986 of murdering Jean Drew in the US state, appealed to Blair to intervene. Housel has been on Death Row for 16 years and could be executed in March.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Independent, 07/02/2002)
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