insurance money she inherited after the murders. he later committed suicide in prison. on the idea that lewis was manipulated, the pror says this? i say theresa lewis is as evil a person as i ever met. reporter: he says his investigation showed she took an active role in the plot and manipulated everyone from her husband to her lover to her children and tests his side conducted contradicted those that indicate she is near retardation. her functioning ability is way beyond that. reporter: you think she was faking? she wasn t, as one of the experts said in a previous hearing, she wasn t motivated to score accurately and i on the tests. reporter: lewis says the contention that she s faking a low i.q. is silly, and one expert tested to see if she was faking that and found she wasn t. brian todd joins now live. she took classes past high school, right? reporter: she did. she completed a program at a
more than 3200 pinners sit on death row waiting for or fighting their executions. just 53 of them are women and one is scheduled to, executed tomorrow night. short of some 11th hour stay that doesn t appear possible, theresa lewis will die by injection at the greensville correctional center in virginia. she was convicted in the 2002 murder for hire deaths of her husband and stepson, and now it seems she s less than 35 hours to live. the state of virginia hasn t executed a woman since 1912. this case has garnered international attention. thousands of people have petitioned the governor to say she doesn t deserve to die because she was manipulated by someone with a higher i.q. prosecutors say she master minded.murders. reporter: from virginia s death row, theresa lewis sings
for define intervention. i need a miracle reporter: but no miracles come her way. the virginia governor refuses to issue a stay of execution. the supreme court denies her appeal. on thursday, theresa lewis will likely become the first woman put to death in virginia in nearly a septemberry. i spoke to her before the governor s ruling. because of the sensitivity of the case, the questions are limbed to a couple of predetermined questions and we are not allowed to bring cameras into the facility where she is held. so we are speaking to her on the phone from her unit in death row in virginia. if you could say anything, what would you tell him? i would would tell the governor if i speak to him one on one, i m sorry. i really am. two people i loved very much, and i just wish i could take it back and i m sorry for all the people that i ve hurt in the process. reporter: lewis pleaded guilty in the 2002 murders of
penalty in virginia and would not be facing execution tomorrow. thank you. appreciate your time. we mentioned that theresa lewis is scheduled to be the first woman executed in virginia in nearly a century. it got us curious who came before her. it was this woman, a 17-year-old maid named virginia christian. she was electrocuted for suffocating her employer, a 72-year-old woman who apparently accused her of stealing a locket. it s one thing to evict a tenant but what if that s a hoarder with mountains of stuff like stereo equipment out of the 70s. it s a problem for an entire neighborhood as you can see by these live pictures. [ female announcer ] any hair shines in the spotlight.
the bell city leaders were arrested yesterday. these are the guys that are accused of lining their pockets with taxpayers money. arrested yesterday. they ll be in court later today. we ll have that story coming up at the top of the hour. i m poppy harlow in new york. americans dealing with record foreclosures but there s no evidence some of the foreclosures were pushed through without proper verification. ally bank at the center of all of it. theresa lewis scheduled to die tomorrow. the first execution of a virginia woman in nearly a century. next hour, a death penalty expert complains why she should not be put to death. you could switch for up to 600 highway miles on a single tank of gas. or the hundred-thousand mile powertrain warranty. over a thousand people a day are switching to chevy. they re not just trading in, they re trading up. qualified lessees can get low mileage lease on this 2011