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List of women executed in the United States since 1976

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This is a list of women executed in the United States since 1976. Since 1976, when the Supreme Court lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in Gregg v. Georgia, eighteen women[a] have been executed in the United States. Women represent just 1.12% of the 1,605 executions performed in the United States since 1976.[1]

List of women executed in the United States since 1976

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Number Date Name Race Age
(at execution) 		Age
(at offense) 		State Method Source
1 November 2, 1984 Velma Margie Barfield White 52 45 North Carolina Lethal injection [2]
2 February 3, 1998 Karla Faye Tucker 38 23 Texas [3]
3 March 30, 1998 Judias "Judy" V. Buenoano 54 28 Florida Electrocution [4]
4 February 24, 2000 Betty Lou Beets 62 46 Texas Lethal injection [5]
5 May 2, 2000 Christina Marie Riggs 28 26 Arkansas [6]
6 January 11, 2001 Wanda Jean Allen Black 41 29 Oklahoma [7]
7 May 1, 2001 Marilyn Kay Plantz White 40 27 [8]
8 December 4, 2001 Lois “Mean” Nadean Smith 61 41 [9]
9 May 10, 2002 Lynda Lyon Block 54 45 Alabama Electrocution [10]
10 October 9, 2002 Aileen Carol Wuornos 46 33-34 Florida Lethal injection [11]
11 September 14, 2005 Frances Elaine Newton Black 40 21 Texas [12]
12 September 23, 2010 Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis White 41 33 Virginia [13]
13 June 26, 2013 Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy Black 52 36 Texas [14]
14 February 5, 2014 Suzanne Margaret Basso White 59 44 [15]
15 September 17, 2014 Lisa Ann Coleman Black 38 28 [16]
16 September 30, 2015 Kelly Renee Gissendaner White 47 Georgia [17]
17 January 13, 2021 Lisa Marie Montgomery 52 36 Federal government [18]
18 January 3, 2023 Amber McLaughlin[b] 49 30 Missouri [19]
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Notes

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  1. ↑ Seventeen biological women and one transgender woman
  2. ↑ Transgender woman, changed name from Scott McLaughlin

References

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  1. ↑ "Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Velma Margie Barfield
  3. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Karla Faye Tucker
  4. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Judias V. Buenoano
  5. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Betty Lou Beets
  6. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Christina Marie Riggs
  7. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Wanda Jean Allen
  8. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Marilyn Kay Plantz
  9. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lois Nadean Smith
  10. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lynda Lyon Block
  11. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Aileen Carol Wuornos
  12. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Frances Elaine Newton
  13. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis
  14. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy
  15. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Suzanne Margaret Basso
  16. ↑ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lisa Ann Coleman
  17. ↑ "Georgia inmate Kelly Gissendaner executed after failed appeals". CNN. 29 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953". Associated Press. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  19. ↑ 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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