Woman Condemned

In 1976, the United States Supreme Court allowed the country to resume the practice of capital punishment. Since then 12 women have been murdered by their country. Velma Barfield was executed in November of 1984 for the arsenic poisoning of her live-in boyfriend. Karla Faye Tucker was executed in February of 1998 for the double pick ax murder of two people. Judy Buenoano was executed in March of 1998 for the poisoning death of her Vietnam vet husband. She also drowned her crippled son, blew up a fiance and is thought to have killed a boyfriend Betty Lou Beets was executed in February of 2000 for the shooting death of her husband. Christina Marie Riggs was executed in May of 2000 for the suffocation deaths of her two children. Lois Nadeen Smith was executed in December of 2001 for the shooting death of her sons girlfriend. Wanda Jean Allen was executed in January of 2001 for the murder of a childhood friend and the murder of her l

Kimberly was all set to die in January but her execution was delayed until April to give her attorneys time to work on her appeal. This one is based on the fact that she is black and her convicting jury was predominantly white. Prosecutors in the case chose not to appeal the judges ruling and so the wait is on. As I have often said, I believe if more information on the case would come out, she would not be eligible for the death penalty.