List of women executed in the United States since 1976
Since 1976, when the Supreme Court of the United States lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in Gregg v. Georgia, 18 women have been executed in the United States.[1] Women represent about 1.13 percent of the 1,594 executions performed in the United States since 1976.[2]
No. | Date of execution | Name | Race | Age at execution | Age at offense | State | Method | Ref. |
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1 | November 2, 1984 | Margie Velma Barfield | White | 52 | 45 | North Carolina | Lethal injection | [3] |
2 | February 3, 1998 | Karla Faye Tucker | 38 | 23 | Texas | [4] | ||
3 | March 30, 1998 | Judias "Judy" V. Buenoano | 54 | 28 | Florida | Electrocution | [5] | |
4 | February 24, 2000 | Betty Lou Beets | 62 | 46 | Texas | Lethal injection | [6] | |
5 | May 2, 2000 | Christina Marie Riggs | 28 | 26 | Arkansas | [7] | ||
6 | January 11, 2001 | Wanda Jean Allen | Black | 41 | 29 | Oklahoma | [8] | |
7 | May 1, 2001 | Marilyn Kay Plantz | White | 40 | 27 | [9] | ||
8 | December 4, 2001 | Lois Nadean Smith | 61 | 41 | [10] | |||
9 | May 10, 2002 | Lynda Lyon Block | 54 | 45 | Alabama | Electrocution | [11] | |
10 | October 9, 2002 | Aileen Carol Wuornos | 46 | 33–34 | Florida | Lethal injection | [12] | |
11 | September 14, 2005 | Frances Elaine Newton | Black | 40 | 21 | Texas | [13] | |
12 | September 23, 2010 | Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis | White | 41 | 33 | Virginia | [14] | |
13 | June 26, 2013 | Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy | Black | 52 | 36 | Texas | [15] | |
14 | February 5, 2014 | Suzanne Margaret Basso | White | 59 | 44 | [16] | ||
15 | September 17, 2014 | Lisa Ann Coleman | Black | 38 | 28 | [17] | ||
16 | September 30, 2015 | Kelly Renee Gissendaner | White | 47 | Georgia | [18] | ||
17 | January 13, 2021 | Lisa Marie Montgomery | 52 | 36 | Federal government | [19] | ||
18 | January 3, 2023 | Amber McLaughlin[a] | 49 | 30 | Missouri | [24] |
See also
- List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976
- List of United States Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment
- List of women on death row in the United States
Notes
- ^ Amber McLaughlin has also been identified as Scott A. McLaughlin in the death warrant and prison records. McLaughlin transitioned from male to female while incarcerated.[20][21][22] She thus became the first transgender woman executed in the United States.[23]
References
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – U.S. Executions Since 1976
- ^ "Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Velma Margie Barfield
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Karla Faye Tucker
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Judias V. Buenoano
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Betty Lou Beets
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Christina Marie Riggs
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Wanda Jean Allen
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Marilyn Kay Plantz
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lois Nadean Smith
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lynda Lyon Block
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Aileen Carol Wuornos
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Frances Elaine Newton
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Suzanne Margaret Basso
- ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lisa Ann Coleman
- ^ "Georgia inmate Kelly Gissendaner executed after failed appeals". CNN. September 30, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953". Associated Press. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Riess, Rebekah; Tucker, Emma (December 16, 2022). "Transgender death row inmate set to be executed in January files clemency application with Missouri governor". CNN. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Transgender woman on Missouri's death row asks governor for mercy with execution just days away". CBS News. December 15, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Missouri Set to Execute Amber McLaughlin on January 3 in First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Person". Death Penalty Information Center. December 27, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Padgett, Donald (December 15, 2022). "First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Woman Set in Missouri". The Advocate. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Madini, Doha (January 3, 2023). "Amber McLaughlin, the first openly transgender person to be executed in the U.S., dies by lethal injection". NBC News. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
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