Tag: Death Row

It’s “Life Row” For Two of the Youngest Women on Death Row

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Tiffany Cole (L) Emilia Carr (R)

When Tiffany Cole and Emilia Carr walk down the hall in Florida’s Lowell Correctional Institution for Women together, they seem more like smiling girlfriends than convicted felons sitting on death row.

Cole is now 33, and Carr is now 30. Carr is the youngest woman in the United States sitting on death row, and Cole is the third youngest. The two women are behind bars for committing two separate crimes, and they had separate lives until they arrived as neighbors on the famous death row corridor at the women’s correctional facility in Ocala, Florida.

Carr, who is from Ocala, and Cole, from Jacksonville, Florida, share a similar path. Continue reading “It’s “Life Row” For Two of the Youngest Women on Death Row”

GA’s Only Woman On Death Row Denied Clemency

The other evening while casually strolling through my twitter feed, a tweet from a local news headline grabbed my attention.

“Georgia Woman’s Execution Delayed Until March”

The headline stuck out like a typo because you just don’t hear of very many women being sentenced to the death penalty, and especially not actually being executed. Needless to the say the headline deeply intrigued me; I had to know the back story. What on earth did this woman do to land herself on death row? How long has she been there?

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The name alone sounds like no place for a woman. Very few states still exercise capital punishment, especially against women offenders. There is currently one woman, Lisa Montgomery of Missouri, on Federal death row. Majority of inmates on death row remain there many years while their legal counsel battles the courts and parole boards in attempts of gaining a new trial, sentence reduction –any break possible. Very few inmates, particularly killers are granted clemency; approximately 13% of those who receive a death sentence are executed. Continue reading “GA’s Only Woman On Death Row Denied Clemency”