Death Row

Women

Women are rarely sentenced to death in the United States and executions of women are even rarer. Researchers have suggested that women who are sentenced to death are often perceived as breaking gender norms.

Current Female Death Row Prisoners

As of July 1, 2022, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund reports that there were 50 women on death rows across the United States.

StateCountyNameRace
ALFranklinScott, Christie MichelleW
ALHoustonBlackmon, PatriciaB
ALHoustonGobble, Tierra CapriW
ALMobileKeaton, HeatherB
ALRussellGraham, LisaW
AZMaricopaAndriano, WendiW
AZPimaForde, ShawnaW
AZMaricopaAllen, SammanthaW
CAAlamedaMichaud, MichelleW
CALos AngelesMartin, ValerieW
CALos AngelesMcDermott, MaureenW
CALos AngelesNieves, SandiW
CALos AngelesRodriguez, AngelinaL
CALos AngelesSamuels, MaryW
CALos AngelesWilliams, ManlingA
CAModocRhoades, CherieN
CAOrangeAlfaro, MariaL
CAOrangeNelson, TanyaA
CARiversideHann, Jessica Marie*W
CARiversideMagana, BelindaL
CARiversideRottiers, BrookeW
CARiversideSarinana, CathyW
CARiversideSnyder, JaneenW
CASan BernardinoCoffman, CynthiaW
CASan DiegoDalton, KerryW
CASan DiegoEubanks, SusanW
CASan DiegoGonzales, VeronicaL
CASan MateoCarrington, CelesteB
CAVenturaCaro, SocorroL
CARiversideHunter, Lorraine AlisonB
FLBrevardAllen, MargaretB
FLDuvalCole, TiffanyW
FLEscambiaBrown, TinaB
GAGwinnettMoss, TiffanyB
IDAdaRow, RobinW
KYFayetteCaudill, VirginiaW
LAOrleansFrank, AntoinetteB
MSForrestChamberlin, LisaW
NCForsythMoore, Blanche T.W
NCWakeParker, CarletteB
OHTrumbullRoberts, DonnaW
OKOklahomaAndrew, BrendaW
PAWashingtonTharp, Michelle SueW
TNKnoxPike, ChristaW
TXCameronLucio, MelissaL
TXDallasRoutier, DarlieW
TXHarrisCarty, LindaB
TXHarrisSheppard, EricaB
TXRandallHolberg, BrittanyW
TXSmithCargill, KimberlyW

To see Professor Streib’s summaries of the cases of the women who were on death row as of December 2012, click here.

* Jessica Marie Hann, a trans woman, was sentenced under the name Jason Michael Hann and transitioned while on California’s death row

News & Developments


Sentencing Alternatives

Oct 07, 2021

Report: More Women Serving Extreme Sentences in the United States

The num­ber of women serv­ing extreme sen­tences in the United States has increased sharply in the last decade, a September 2021 report by a col­lab­o­ra­tive of crim­i­nal law reform orga­ni­za­tions has found. The report,