Summary

Karla Faye Tucker is scheduled to be put to death tonight for the pickax murders of two people in 1983 Attorneys for the born-again Christian are scrambling to save her life They had asked Texas Governor George W Bush for a stay, but pinned most of their hopes on the U-S Supreme Courtbut the Supreme Court refused to block the scheduled execution of Karla Faye Tucker for the pickax slayings of two people in texas The court turned down Tucker's emergency request to halt her execution and keep her from becoming the first woman executed in Texas since the Civil War and the first in the nation since 1984 There was no dissent, and the justices' brief order made no comment on the case As she awaits execution by lethal injection, Tucker is spending a quiet day with family Tucker's husband, father and sister are visiting her in Huntsville, texas Tucker ate some crackers and had a soft drink today A prison spokesman says Tucker hadn't eaten since monday and was starting to feel a little weak She has requested a last meal of fruit and salad

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 147025
Story Slug TUCKER TODAY (02/03/1998)
Location Huntsville, Texas
Format Vo/Sot *
Date 02/03/1998
Archive Time 28:32
TRT 2:30
Supers Huntsville, Texas Courtesy: CBN Karla Faye Tucker
Video Description Police car convoy on road, Tucker sot, cutaways of reporter, Tucker sots
Description Karla Faye Tucker is scheduled to be put to death tonight for the pickax murders of two people in 1983 Attorneys for the born-again Christian are scrambling to save her life They had asked Texas Governor George W Bush for a stay, but pinned most of their hopes on the U-S Supreme Courtbut the Supreme Court refused to block the scheduled execution of Karla Faye Tucker for the pickax slayings of two people in texas The court turned down Tucker's emergency request to halt her execution and keep her from becoming the first woman executed in Texas since the Civil War and the first in the nation since 1984 There was no dissent, and the justices' brief order made no comment on the case As she awaits execution by lethal injection, Tucker is spending a quiet day with family Tucker's husband, father and sister are visiting her in Huntsville, texas Tucker ate some crackers and had a soft drink today A prison spokesman says Tucker hadn't eaten since monday and was starting to feel a little weak She has requested a last meal of fruit and salad
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