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. Women represent about 1.07 percent of the 1,678 executions performed in the United States since 1976.
Date of execution Name Race Age at execution Age at offense State Method 1 November 2, 1984 White 52 45 North CarolinaLethal injection 2 February 3, 1998 38 23 Texas 3 March 30, 1998 54 28 Florida Electrocution 4 February 24, 2000 62 46 TexasLethal injection 5 May 2, 2000 28 26 Arkansas 6 January 11, 2001 Black 41 29Oklahoma 7 May 1, 2001 White 40 27 8 December 4, 2001 61 41 9 May 10, 2002 54 45 Alabama Electrocution 10 October 9, 2002 46 33–34 FloridaLethal injection 11 September 14, 2005 Black 40 21 Texas 12 September 23, 2010 White 41 33 Virginia 13 June 26, 2013 Black 52 36Texas 14 February 5, 2014 White 59 44 15 September 17, 2014 Black 3828 16 September 30, 2015 White 47 Georgia 17 January 13, 2021 52 36 Federal government 18 January 3, 2023 49 30 Missouri
Demographics EthnicityWhite14Black4StateTexas6Oklahoma3Florida2Alabama1Arkansas1Federal government1Georgia1Missouri1North Carolina1Virginia1MethodLethal injection16Electrocution2Year1976-197900%1980-198911990-199922000-200982010-201952020-20292Age20-29130-39240-49750-59660-692Total18100%
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
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