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Mosley, who murdered Back, was sentenced to life in prison. Myers became the youngest inmate on death row in Ohio at the time of his sentence. Donna Roberts: Had her ex-husband killed in order to collect his life insurance. 21 years, 208 days [82] Roberts is the only female death row inmate in Ohio. William Kessler Sapp
This is a list of women on death row in the United States. The number of death row inmates fluctuates daily with new convictions , appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations , or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [ 1 ]
List of death row inmates in the United States; List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976; List of most recent executions by jurisdiction; List of people executed in the United States in 2025; List of people executed in Texas, 2020–present; List of women executed in the United States since 1976
She has been the only woman on Tennessee's death row since 2010, when then-Gov. Phil Bredesen commuted the death sentence of Gaile Owens, who died in 2010. Evan Mealins is the justice reporter for ...
In December 2008, Pike's latest request for a new trial was turned down and she was returned to death row. [8] With this denial Pike's allowed appeals under the rules and procedures of the State of Tennessee's criminal justice system were exhausted. [10] In May 2014, Pike's lawyers entered an appeal in the federal court system. [11]
There is currently only one female on death row in the state of Tennessee, Christa Pike. Women on death row are not housed in special death row units because few women go on death row. The prison first opened in 1966 and has a capacity of 817 inmates. The state classifies the prison as a maximum security institution. [3]
The family of Tennessee death row inmate Gary Wayne Sutton held a press conference asking Gov. Bill Lee to examine the case for a potential pardon.
The Tennessee Prison for Women serves as the state reception and classification center for new female prisoners. [6] As of 2016, Tennessee houses state inmates in four private prisons, all run by Corrections Corporation of America. [7] According to the state's Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986, which authorizes only one private prison for ...