Women
Further information: List of females executed in the United StatesTwo women have been executed in Florida, both post-Furman. The first to be executed was Judy Buenoano, executed in 1998 for killing, at different times, her husband (1971) and son (1980). The second was Aileen Wuornos, a serial killer who was executed in 2002 for seven murders committed in 1989 and 1990.
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Famous quotes containing the word women:
“Pike speaks: in women revenge takes the form of religion.”
—William Gass (b. 1924)
“I have always found women difficult. I don’t really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.”
—Barbara Cartland (b. 1901)
“His [O.J. Simpson’s] supporters lined the freeway to cheer him on Friday and commentators talked about his tragedy. Did those people see the photographs of the crime scene and the great blackening pools of blood seeping into the sidewalk? Did battered women watch all this on television and realize more vividly than ever before that their lives were cheap and their pain inconsequential?”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1952)