List of women executed in the United States since 1976

Since 1976, when the Supreme Court of the United States lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in Gregg v. Georgia , 18 women have been executed in the United States. Women represent about 1.10 percent of the 1,637 executions performed in the United States since 1976. ^[1]

No.	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	[2]
2	February 3, 1998	Karla Faye Tucker		38	23	Texas		[3]
3	March 30, 1998	Judias "Judy" V. Buenoano		54	28	Florida	Electrocution	[4]
4	February 24, 2000	Betty Lou Beets		62	46	Texas	Lethal injection	[5]
5	May 2, 2000	Christina Marie Riggs		28	26	Arkansas		[6]
6	January 11, 2001	Wanda Jean Allen	Black	41	29	Oklahoma		[7]
7	May 1, 2001	Marilyn Kay Plantz	White	40	27			[8]
8	December 4, 2001	Lois Nadean Smith		61	41			[9]
9	May 10, 2002	Lynda Lyon Block		54	45	Alabama	Electrocution	[10]
10	October 9, 2002	Aileen Carol Wuornos		46	33–34	Florida	Lethal injection	[11]
11	September 14, 2005	Frances Elaine Newton	Black	40	21	Texas		[12]
12	September 23, 2010	Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis	White	41	33	Virginia		[13]
13	June 26, 2013	Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy	Black	52	36	Texas		[14]
14	February 5, 2014	Suzanne Margaret Basso	White	59	44			[15]
15	September 17, 2014	Lisa Ann Coleman	Black	38	28			[16]
16	September 30, 2015	Kelly Renee Gissendaner	White	47		Georgia		[17]
17	January 13, 2021	Lisa Marie Montgomery		52	36	Federal government		[18]
18	January 3, 2023	Amber McLaughlin [a]		49	30	Missouri		[23]

See also

• List of juveniles executed in the United States since 1976
• List of United States Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment
• List of women on death row in the United States

Notes

1. Amber McLaughlin was identified as Scott A. McLaughlin in the death warrant, prison records and court documents. McLaughlin transitioned while incarcerated, ^{[19] [20] [21]} becoming the first transgender woman executed in the United States. ^[22]

References

1. "Execution Database". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
2. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Velma Margie Barfield
3. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Karla Faye Tucker
4. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Judias V. Buenoano
5. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Betty Lou Beets
6. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Christina Marie Riggs
7. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Wanda Jean Allen
8. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Marilyn Kay Plantz
9. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lois Nadean Smith
10. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lynda Lyon Block
11. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Aileen Carol Wuornos
12. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Frances Elaine Newton
13. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis
14. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy
15. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Suzanne Margaret Basso
16. The Clark County Prosecuting Attorney – Lisa Ann Coleman
17. "Georgia inmate Kelly Gissendaner executed after failed appeals". CNN . September 30, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
18. "US carries out its 1st execution of female inmate since 1953". Associated Press . January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
19. Riess, Rebekah; Tucker, Emma (December 16, 2022). "Transgender death row inmate set to be executed in January files clemency application with Missouri governor". CNN . Retrieved January 4, 2023.
20. "Transgender woman on Missouri's death row asks governor for mercy with execution just days away". CBS News . December 15, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
21. "Missouri Set to Execute Amber McLaughlin on January 3 in First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Person". Death Penalty Information Center . December 27, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
22. Padgett, Donald (December 15, 2022). "First U.S. Execution of a Transgender Woman Set in Missouri". The Advocate . Retrieved January 4, 2023.
23. Madini, Doha (January 3, 2023). "Amber McLaughlin, the first openly transgender person to be executed in the U.S., dies by lethal injection". NBC News . Retrieved January 4, 2023.