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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]
The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty).As an example, Jerome Butler (the first person executed in Texas during the 1990 decade) was the 34th person executed since resumption of the death penalty.
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 Texas Lethal injection [6] 5 May 2, 2000 Christina Marie Riggs: 28 26 Arkansas [7] 6 January 11, 2001 Wanda Jean Allen: Black 41 29 Oklahoma [8] 7 May 1, 2001 Marilyn Kay Plantz: White 40 27 ...
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Karla Faye Tucker - American woman executed February 3, 1998, for killing two people with a pickaxe during a burglary. She was the first woman to be executed in the United States since Velma Barfield in 1984, and the first in Texas since Chipita Rodriguez in 1863.
Deadly Ladies (2001) Women sometimes kill: Madame Fahmy, Ma Barker, Velma Barfield, Karla Faye Tucker. Death in the Country (2001) Even America's heartland is not immune to violent crime: Billy Cook, Gaston Dominici, Ángel Maturino Reséndiz.
Karla Faye Tucker: Murder: 1998: Lethal injection: A banana, a peach and a salad with either ranch or Italian dressing. [124: Other states. Name Crime State Year
In Houston, Texas, Karla Faye Tucker used a pickaxe to murder her friend Shawn's abusive boyfriend, Jerry Dean, and a woman with whom he was having a one-night stand, Deborah Thornton, with help from her boyfriend, Danny Garrett. Upon being sentenced to death, she experienced a spiritual change.