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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 less than 1.15 percent of the 1,561 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
^ 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
^
"Searchable Execution Database" .
Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved January 4, 2022 .
^
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 .