DEATH ROW
Since February 1997, Darlie Routier has been on death row.
She was convicted of the murder of one of her sons and remains accused of killing the other.
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When is Darlie Routier due to be executed?
It is unknown when Darlie Routier will be executed.
Routier was accused of killing her sons, Devon, six, and Damon, five, in 1996.
In February 1997, she was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murder of Damon but was not ever trialed for Devon's murder.
She has always maintained her innocence and has claimed the boys were killed by an intruder.
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Her lawyers continue to appeal her sentence.
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Where will the execution take place?
Routier remains on death row at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas.
If her execution goes ahead, it could be carried out there - a maximum security prison for female inmates on death row.
What has Darlie Routier said about being on death row?
Darlie Routier spoke to television presenter Susanna Reid in a documentary that aired in 2020.
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While talking to the British journalist, Routier maintained her innocence and said she "didn't do this."
She said during the interview: "I’m at peace with myself. I didn’t do this. I did not murder my children, I did not attack myself.
"If they choose to kill me, that’s my innocent blood that will be on their hands."
Her husband, Darin Routier - who also alleges the children's killings were carried out by an intruder - said there is an innocent woman on death row, reported.
He said: "They convicted Darlie on character assassination and if we start doin' that in our criminal justice system, then everybody's gonna be guilty."
There are no eyewitnesses and no other confessions while Routier continues to maintain her innocence.
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