Linda Carty is the only British citizen awaiting execution on death row in America. The 61-year-old was sentenced to death 19 years ago for the kidnap and murder of young mum, Joana Rodriguez, so she could steal the 25-year-old's newborn son.
In the months leading up to the gruesome crime Carty, who was born in St Kitts and moved to Houston in Texas to work as a primary school teacher, told neighbours she would soon become a mum.
However, when police later interviewed them, the neighbours claimed to be surprised because Carty, who they say had bought a baby seat for her car, did not look pregnant.
Carty's trial also heard that she had told her husband, from who she had recently separated, that she was expecting a baby. The former teacher,
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