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Race?[edit]

I have removed the part at the begining of the article which cited her race: "was an african american woman" and replaced it with the phrase "was a murderer". This brings it in line with other articles about 20th century women who were executed in the USA. I dont see how her race or gender was particularly relevant to her crime and it was inconsistent with the other articles.

It is vital info. It should be in the article, and such info actually IS PRESENT in other articles about 20th century women who were executed in the USA. I've reverted it. 95.27.221.85 (talk) 07:31, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

YES, Race"[edit]

This certainly isn't an impartial article. It reads like a pro- Death penalty manifesto. Given that Ms. Newton's was on of the leading examples of the racial imbalance (and junk science) that runs through nearly every conviction of African Americans, no discussion of this is staggering. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.125.21.104 (talk) 01:31, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You don't give a sh... whether a person to be executed is innocent or guilty, do you? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.196.242.46 (talk) 19:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unbalanced[edit]

This is an article about a murderer convicted and sentenced to death by the state of Texas, but there's absolutely no information in the article to indicate why she was considered to be guilty of the crime. The unbalanced portrayal makes it seem she was railroaded, but I don't see any real evidence of that. I'm not saying that the article should not present any doubts, but considering the outcome of the judicial process (requiring that a preponderance of the evidence be against her) the words devoted to pros and those devoted to cons should at least be in equipoise. Deranged bulbasaur 06:10, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. 95.27.221.85 (talk) 07:31, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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First African American woman executed in Texas since the Civil War (1861-1865)[edit]

It is mentioned in the "Lethal Attraction" episode of the true crime series, 'Fatal Attraction," that she was the first African American woman executed in Texas since the Civil War. Whether or not the number of African American woman imprisoned in Texas is higher that the percentage of African Americans in the population as a whole, it is significant that she is/was the first African American woman executed in Texas for more than 100 years, and so mention of her race could be considered appropriate for that reason. 2603:800C:3944:BC00:819B:375F:AB24:F429 (talk) 11:10, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]