List_of_women_executed_in_the_United_States_since_1976

List of women executed in the United States since 1976

List of women executed in the United States since 1976

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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]

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  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]

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