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Mentally disabled woman who was tortured and stabbed to death by "The Greensburg Six" Jennifer Lee Daugherty (November 8, 1979 – February 11, 2010) was an American woman from Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania , who was killed by a group of people later referred to as The Greensburg Six , in an act of revenge, in February 2010.
Women of American nationality who were executed. Pages in category "Executed American women" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total.
Jane Toppan (born Honora Kelley; March 31, 1854 – August 17, 1938), nicknamed Jolly Jane, was an American serial killer who is believed to have murdered over 100 people in Massachusetts between 1895 and 1901. She confessed to 31 murders. The killings were carried out in Toppan's capacity as a nurse, targeting patients and their family members.
Georgia, 18 women have been executed in the United States. [1] Women represent about 1.12 percent of the 1,612 executions performed in the United States since 1976 ...
These were the last three people to be hanged and beheaded in the United Kingdom. Jolanta Bledaite (2008) – Lithuanian immigrant, tortured and killed in Scotland [ 36 ] Gerald Mellin (2008) – tied a rope around his neck and connected it to a tree before driving away in his sports car to commit suicide.
Brenda Andrew and her lover James Pavatt were convicted of the murder of Brenda's husband, Robert Andrew, who was shot twice with a 16 gauge shotgun, Pavatt firing the first shot and Brenda the second shot. 20 years, 5 months and 12 days Shortly before the murder, Robert was nearly killed when the brake lines on his car were cut.
Andrea Pia Yates (née Kennedy; born July 2, 1964 [2]) is an American woman from Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. [3]
Joan Little was the first woman to be acquitted of murder committed in self-defense against a sexual assault. [9] African American women were given the right to sexual-assault defense against their Anglo-white male assaulter/rapist. This was all possible with the campaign that stood behind Ms. Little during the full trial. [18]