Since 1976, when the
Supreme Court of the United States lifted the moratorium on
capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...
in ''
Gregg v. Georgia'', 18 women have been executed in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
. Women represent less than 1.15 percent of the 1,561 executions performed in the United States since 1976.
See also
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List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976
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List of United States Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment
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List of women on death row in the United States
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 otherw ...
Notes
References
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American female murderers
American female criminals
American people convicted of murder
Executed in the United States since 1976
Women in the United States since 1976
People executed for murder