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More Coverage of Teresa Lewis

By Steve Hall

The current issue of Time reports, "In Virginia, a Woman on the Verge of Execution."  It's written by Katy Steinmetz and Alex Altman.In deciding whether to grant clemency, Governor McDonnell can consider a range of mitigating circumstances, including the Shallenberger letter and Lewis' behavior during the seven years she has lived in an isolated, 6-by-8-ft. cell at a Fluvanna County correctional facility. During her imprisonment, Lewis' faith has deepened. She ministers to other prisoners and has "provided some measure of peace" to troubled inmates, says the Rev. Lynn Litchfield, Lewis' prison chaplain until April 2009. "I really believe Teresa can be a positive influence inside," Litchfield says...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 10, 2010 (boomark / email).