British woman on Texas death row loses federal court appeal, moves closer to execution

British woman on Texas death row loses appeal

HOUSTON — A British woman on Texas death row has lost a federal appeal, moving her closer to execution for the abduction and death of a woman whose child she also had snatched eight years ago in Houston.

The court, in a ruling late Thursday, rejected arguments from Linda Carty that her trial lawyers were deficient and she still had appeals issues she should be able to raise in state courts.

Carty is one of 10 condemned women in Texas. She is a former teacher from St. Kitts in the British Virgin Islands.

Her lawyers could take her case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The British Foreign Office says it’s conferring with its legal advisers.

Last week, a taped voice recording of Carty begging Britons to help save her life was broadcast into London’s Trafalgar Square.