Tennessee plans rare execution of a woman. She's fighting back.

The murder that Christa Pike was convicted of demonstrated a brutality and callousness not often seen in women, let alone one ...

Florida's death row: How many women have been sentenced to die?

The number of people on Florida's death row is dropping quickly as Gov. Ron DeSantis keeps up the rapid pace of executions he started in 2025. Only one of them is a biological woman. Another is a ...

Woman has sentence quashed by Tanzania court after over a decade on death row

Lemi Limbu, who has severe intellectual disabilities, remains in prison and will now face retrial for the murder of her daughter ...
KPFA

The First Women Exonerated from U.S. Death Row

Hosted and produced by Linda Freund for KPFA Documentary filmmaker Linda Freund tells the story of Sabrina Butler-Smith, the first woman exonerated from death row in the United States. At 18, Sabrina ...
Hawk Central

How many women are on Florida's death row?

Florida's death row population is currently 250, with one biological woman and one transgender woman among them. Tina Brown is the only biological woman on Florida's death row, convicted for the 2010 ...
The Times-Tribune

Lackawanna County DA to seek death penalty in machete attack case

The Lackawanna County District Attorney’s Office seeks to put to death the man accused of killing two women in a vicious machete attack at the Hotel Jermyn.