Women Executed In The US

This page will contain all of the links to the pages and profiles of Women who have been executed in the United States since 1977. There have only been sixteen women executed since the reestablishment of the death penalty even though the execution count in the United States has recently passed 1500 in total since 1977.

Velma Barfield – November 2, 1984

Karla Fay Tucker – February 3, 1998

Judy Buenoano – March 30, 1998

Betty Lou Beets – February 24, 2000

Christina Marie Riggs – May 2, 2000

Wanda Jean Allen – January 11, 2001

Marilyn Kay Plantz – May 1, 2001

Lois Nadean Smith – December 4, 2001

Lynda Lyon Block – May 10, 2002

Aileen Carole Wuornos – October 9, 2002

Frances Elaine Newton – September 14, 2005

Teresa Bean Lewis – September 23, 2010

Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy – June 26, 2013

Suzanne Margaret Basso – February 5, 2014

Lisa Ann Coleman – September 17, 2014

Kelly Renee Gissendaner – September 30, 2015

Lisa Montgomery – January 13 2021