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Dozens of women await their fate on death row as Tennessee schedules first female execution in 200 years

Christa Pike, who was convicted in 1995 for the torture and murder of Colleen Slemmer, has been given an execution date. She ...

Female on Death Row: How Gender Shapes America's Harshest Punishment

Only a tiny fraction of those condemned to death in the United States are women. Yet their stories reveal how gender, trauma, ...

Tennessee set to execute only woman on state's death row. Here's what to know.

Christa Gail Pike, 49, will become the first woman put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years if her execution proceeds ...

Has a woman ever been executed in Florida? Where a female killer is set to be put to death

A woman in Tennessee has been scheduled for execution next year. Have any women been out to death in Florida? Yes, and one is ...
The Independent Florida Alligator

Tampa church leader known as ‘Deacon of Death’ executed for Hillsborough murders

Florida executed Samuel Smithers, 72, Tuesday night for the 1996 murder of two women in Plant City near Tampa. The former ...

8 executions in October: Why the death penalty is being used more in the US this year

The U.S. has seen 35 executions so far in 2025, with seven more scheduled for later this month. This year's total already ...
Yahoo

Idaho plans for firing squad executions — aiming to keep prison staff from rifles

Idaho’s death row at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution near Kuna houses male prisoners sentenced to death. Incarcerated women on death row are housed at the Women’s Correctional Center in ...
Reuters

Charlie Kirk's assassination: What to know about the death penalty

September 17 - Utah prosecutors said on Tuesday they will seek the death penalty for the trade school student suspected of assassinating right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk. Below is a look at ...