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Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.

The dozens of women on death row across the country have been sentenced for anything from hiring hitmen to brutally torturing their victims. Click through to see women awaiting the death penalty.

Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
Tiffany Ann Cole, Florida
Sentenced 3/6/2008
Murder (x2) – Was sentenced for her role in the double murder of a Jacksonville couple who were buried alive.

 

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Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
Emilia Carr, Florida
Sentenced 2/22/2011
Murder – Was sentenced for the kidnapping and murder of her co-defendant’s ex-wife, Heather Strong. The co-defendants, who were dating at the time of the murder and have a child together, are accused of having lured Strong into a storage trailer behind Carr's mother's home, duct-taping her to a chair, putting a plastic bag over her head and suffocating her. The victim’s body was found a month later in a shallow grave.

 

Photo by: R367AEZ
Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
Margaret Allen, Florida
Sentenced 5/19/2011
Murder – Was sentenced to death for torturing and killing her housekeeper, Wenda Wright, whom she thought had stolen money from her purse. She also got a life sentence for kidnapping. Prosecutors said the torture went on for hours before Wright was strangled with a belt. Allen's roommate, James Martin, and nephew, Quinton Allen, were both convicted for their part in helping her try to bury the body in a shallow grave.

 

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Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
Tina Brown, Florida
Sentenced 9/28/2012
Murder – Was sentenced for the brutal death of Audreanna Zimmerman. Brown beat her victim with a stun gun, hit her with a crow bar, and set her on fire. The victim died two weeks later from her injuries.

 

Photo by: R367AEZ
Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
Debra Denise Brown, Indiana (held in Ohio on separate charge)
Sentenced 6/23/1986
Murder

 

Photo by: Fisher, Katie
Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
Michelle Tharp, Pennsylvania
Sentenced 11/14/2000
Murder – Sentenced for starving her daughter to death.Photo by: Fisher, Katie
Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
Darlie Routier, Texas
Sentenced 2/5/1997
Murder (x2) – Sentenced for stabbing her 5- and 6-year-old sons to death. Subject suffered stab wounds that police claimed were self-inflicted. Prosecutors argued subject killed her children because they interfered with the lifestyle she wanted to live.Photo by: Fisher, Katie
Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
Erica Sheppard, Texas
Sentenced 4/25/1995
Murder – Subject and co-defendant tackled woman inside her apartment because they wanted to steal her vehicle. While the victim begged for her life, the pair tackled her and slashed her throat with a knife. They then wrapped her head in a plastic bag and struck her in the head with a 10-pound statue. The pair then fled in the victim’s vehicle.Photo by: Fisher, Katie
Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
Lisa Montgomery, Kansas (being held in federal custody in Texas)
Sentenced 4/4/2008
Murder -- Sentenced for killing a woman, then removing and kidnapping her unborn baby.Photo by: Getty Images

Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.

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  • Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
  • Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
  • Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
  • Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
  • Women on death row: Female death row inmates in the U.S.
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Tiffany Ann Cole, Florida
Sentenced 3/6/2008
Murder (x2) – Was sentenced for her role in the double murder of a Jacksonville couple who were buried alive.

 

R367AEZ
Emilia Carr, Florida
Sentenced 2/22/2011
Murder – Was sentenced for the kidnapping and murder of her co-defendant’s ex-wife, Heather Strong. The co-defendants, who were dating at the time of the murder and have a child together, are accused of having lured Strong into a storage trailer behind Carr's mother's home, duct-taping her to a chair, putting a plastic bag over her head and suffocating her. The victim’s body was found a month later in a shallow grave.

 

R367AEZ
Margaret Allen, Florida
Sentenced 5/19/2011
Murder – Was sentenced to death for torturing and killing her housekeeper, Wenda Wright, whom she thought had stolen money from her purse. She also got a life sentence for kidnapping. Prosecutors said the torture went on for hours before Wright was strangled with a belt. Allen's roommate, James Martin, and nephew, Quinton Allen, were both convicted for their part in helping her try to bury the body in a shallow grave.

 

R367AEZ
Tina Brown, Florida
Sentenced 9/28/2012
Murder – Was sentenced for the brutal death of Audreanna Zimmerman. Brown beat her victim with a stun gun, hit her with a crow bar, and set her on fire. The victim died two weeks later from her injuries.

 

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Debra Denise Brown, Indiana (held in Ohio on separate charge)
Sentenced 6/23/1986
Murder

 

Fisher, Katie
Michelle Tharp, Pennsylvania
Sentenced 11/14/2000
Murder – Sentenced for starving her daughter to death.Fisher, Katie
Darlie Routier, Texas
Sentenced 2/5/1997
Murder (x2) – Sentenced for stabbing her 5- and 6-year-old sons to death. Subject suffered stab wounds that police claimed were self-inflicted. Prosecutors argued subject killed her children because they interfered with the lifestyle she wanted to live.Fisher, Katie
Erica Sheppard, Texas
Sentenced 4/25/1995
Murder – Subject and co-defendant tackled woman inside her apartment because they wanted to steal her vehicle. While the victim begged for her life, the pair tackled her and slashed her throat with a knife. They then wrapped her head in a plastic bag and struck her in the head with a 10-pound statue. The pair then fled in the victim’s vehicle.Fisher, Katie
Lisa Montgomery, Kansas (being held in federal custody in Texas)
Sentenced 4/4/2008
Murder -- Sentenced for killing a woman, then removing and kidnapping her unborn baby.Getty Images
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