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Public Plea From Death Row
- Brian Callipoff stood on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth playing a message from Linda Carty on death row.
- The stunt aimed to mobilize the British public to save the British grandmother facing execution in Texas.
Nighttime Break-In And Discovery
- On 16 May 2001 four masked men broke into the Rodriguez home and kidnapped Joanna and her newborn.
- Police found Joanna dead in a car boot and her baby alive in another car, linking the crime to nearby neighbour Linda Carty.
Plea Deals Shaped The Case
- Prosecution relied heavily on Christopher Robinson's testimony that Linda recruited him for the break-in.
- That testimony came after Robinson and co-defendants accepted plea deals to avoid the death penalty.