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Leavell-Keaton's husband John DeBlase was also sentenced to death. She is the first woman sentenced to death in Mobile County. Christie Michelle Scott [9] In August 2008, a blaze broke out at the home of Christie Michelle Scott in Russellville, Alabama, killing her six-year-old son, Mason. Scott had purchased a $100,000 life insurance policy on ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Alabama since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. All of the 75 people (74 men and 1 woman) have been executed at the Holman Correctional Facility, near Atmore, Alabama. All executions between December 2002 and 2023 were conducted by lethal injection.
Deidra Wright. The Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women is a prison for women of the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), located in Wetumpka, Alabama. All female inmates entering ADOC are sent to the receiving unit in Tutwiler. [ 1] Tutwiler houses Alabama's female death row, which qualifies it for the "maximum security" classification.
Since 1976, when the Supreme Court of the United States lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in Gregg v. Georgia, 18 women have been executed in the United States. [ 1] Women represent about 1.13 percent of the 1,594 executions performed in the United States since 1976. [ 2]
Block was held at the death row of the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women. Block was executed on May 10, 2002. [1] Her execution occurred at the Holman Correctional Facility near Atmore, Alabama. [10] Before the execution, three friends visited Block for several hours. Block also saw a spiritual adviser.
As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]
Alvin was incarcerated at the Bostick State Prison from 1983 until his death in October 2005. [1] At 18 years old, Judith became the youngest woman sentenced to death in the U.S. She was placed on Alabama's death row, at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women. Judith appealed for a new trial, but it was denied in March 1987.
Julia Tutwiler Prison houses the state's female death row inmates. Capital punishment in Alabama is a legal penalty. Alabama has the highest per capita capital sentencing rate in the United States. In some years, its courts impose more death sentences than Texas, a state that has a population five times as large. [ 1]