According to Ahlul Bayt (A) News Agency – ABNA.ir – Teresa Lewis has been on death row for eight years after being found guilty of hiring hitmen to kill her husband and stepson.
Lewis has an IQ of 72. The average is 100.
Pleas for clemency on mental health grounds have been rejected so she will die by lethal injection on Friday.
“She’s not mentally retarded, but she is very, very close to it,” said her lawyer Jim Rocap.
The Supreme Court has rejected calls for a stay of execution.
Lewis will only be spared if Virginia’s Governor Bob McDonnell changes his decision not to intervene.
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