2007-03-15 13:57:21 · 20 answers · asked by milksheikh1 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes. Aileen Wournos. The so called "black widow killer" in the 80's.
2007-03-15 13:59:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Rosenberg's were small time communist operatives who were under surveillance by the FBI. There contacts were well known. The Rosenberg's were guilty of some minor offenses but due to the McCarthy and other republican hysteria she and her husband were sentence to death by electrocution. Ethyl Rosenberg was a small woman and the metal electrode on her head was too big. As a result her execution was botched. She was in the eclectic chair for almost 20 minutes and was shocked 14 times. Shew was finally pronounced dead because she had been literally burned alive.
2007-03-15 14:50:30 · answer #2 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - there have been a lot of women sentenced and put to death.
The most famous woman sentenced to death of our time was Aileen Wournous - she was portrayed by Charlize Theron in the movie Monster.
2007-03-15 14:19:26 · answer #3 · answered by EthanHunt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, several and some have already been executed. Thelma Barton - already gone. Eileen Warnos-gone. Debra Brown (Indiana) Paula Cooper (Indiana) released from Death Row and sentenced to 60 years--with help from the Pope and Jessie Jackson
2007-03-15 14:03:00 · answer #4 · answered by Duchess20 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Ethel Rosenberg was sentenced to death for treason in the early 20th century, and Eileen Wournous was convicted as a serial killer in Florida and was sentenced to death.
2007-03-15 14:00:35 · answer #5 · answered by Team Chief 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes there was a woman who drove all three of her kids into a lake on purpose. Then lied and blamed it on a black man. They figured the story out later and put her to death a couple of years later
2007-03-15 14:01:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Karla Faye Tucker (November 18, 1959–February 3, 1998) was convicted of murder in 1984 and sentenced to death. The case entered the U.S. and international news because she had become a born-again Christian while in prison and George W. Bush, then governor of Texas, had to decide on her request for clemency, which he ultimately denied. Tucker became the first woman to be executed in Texas since the American Civil War. Bush refused to meet with anyone asking for clemency and he even made fun of the death. In the weeks before the execution, Bush says, a number of protesters came to Austin to demand clemency for Karla Faye Tucker. "Did you meet with any of them?" I ask. Bush whips around and stares at me. "No, I didn't meet with any of them", he snaps, as though I've just asked the dumbest, most offensive question ever posed. "I didn't meet with Larry King either when he came down for it. I watched his interview with Tucker, though. He asked her real difficult questions like, 'What would you say to Governor Bush?'" "What was her answer?" I wonder. "'Please,'" Bush whimpers, his lips pursed in mock desperation, "'don't kill me.'" I must look shocked — ridiculing the pleas of a condemned prisoner who has since been executed seems odd and cruel — because he immediately stops smirking.
2007-03-15 14:29:12 · answer #7 · answered by kolacat17 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Ethel Rosenberg, the Soviet spy who gave them all the atomic bomb secrets was sentenced to death in court. I think she deserved it, stupid Commies.
2007-03-15 14:00:09 · answer #8 · answered by henryinalgona 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. the state of Texas has (and has had) several women on death row for killing their spouse, children, or others.
2007-03-15 15:05:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and the sentence has been carried out as well.
2007-03-15 18:04:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋