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 1.12 percent of the 1,607 executions performed in the United States since 1976.[2]

No. Date of execution Name Race Age at execution Age at offense State Method Ref.
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

Notes

  1. ^ 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

  1. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – U.S. Executions Since 1976
  2. ^ "Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  3. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Velma Margie Barfield
  4. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Karla Faye Tucker
  5. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Judias V. Buenoano
  6. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Betty Lou Beets
  7. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Christina Marie Riggs
  8. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Wanda Jean Allen
  9. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Marilyn Kay Plantz
  10. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lois Nadean Smith
  11. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lynda Lyon Block
  12. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Aileen Carol Wuornos
  13. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Frances Elaine Newton
  14. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis
  15. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy
  16. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Suzanne Margaret Basso
  17. ^ The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lisa Ann Coleman
  18. ^ "Georgia inmate Kelly Gissendaner executed after failed appeals". CNN. September 30, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  19. ^ "US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953". Associated Press. January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "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.
  22. ^ "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.
  23. ^ Padgett, Donald (December 15, 2022). "First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Woman Set in Missouri". The Advocate. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  24. ^ 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.