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Karla Faye Tucker (November 18, 1959 – February 3, 1998) was an American woman sentenced to death for killing two people with a pickaxe during a burglary. [2] She was the first woman to be executed in the United States since Velma Barfield in 1984 in North Carolina , and the first in Texas since Chipita Rodriguez in 1863. [ 3 ]
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 ...
Karla Faye Tucker, executed February 3, 1998, was the first woman to be executed in Texas since 1863. The most recent female to be executed was Lisa Coleman, executed on September 17, 2014. Notable inmates at O'Daniel include Kimberly Clark Saenz, Yolanda Saldívar, Linda Carty, Brittany Holberg, and Darlie Routier.
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The execution was carried out as scheduled on September 14, 2005, by lethal injection. Newton spent a little more than 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 years on death row before her execution, and was the third woman executed in Texas since the resumption of capital punishment in the state in 1982. The first and second were Karla Faye Tucker and Betty Lou Beets.