Tag: Death Row

Georgia’s Only Woman On Death Row Sues Over ‘Mortal Fear’ During Delayed Execution

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Kelly Gissendaner, Georgia’s only woman on death row

The case of Kelly Gissendaner, Georgia’s only woman on death row, has more twists and turns than a rural Georgia back road.

Gissendaner was initially set to be executed in late February but her execution was delayed “due to inclement weather”.

Kelly’s execution was rescheduled until March 2, 2015 and was yet again DELAYED due to the injection drug’s cloudy appearance.

This time Kelly Gissendaner’s camp is crying foul on the DOC (Department of Corrections) and has filed a lawsuit on Gissendaner’s behalf stating that she endured 13 hours of “immense mental anxiety” and “mortal fear” — and that the delay was heinous enough to make a future execution unnecessarily cruel and therefore unconstitutional. Continue reading “Georgia’s Only Woman On Death Row Sues Over ‘Mortal Fear’ During Delayed Execution”

No Death Row: Jurors in Jodi Arias Case 11-1 for Death Penalty

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Jodi Arias looks toward the jury entering the courtroom during the sentencing phase retrial in Phoenix

It took just one juror to spare the life of convicted murderer Jodi Arias  — and the woman had to survive an attempt by her colleagues to boot her from the jury before she could do it.

In the end, the jury voted 11-1 in favor of death — not enough to send Arias to death row in the case that became a global sensation with its tawdry revelations about her sexual relationship with the victim and that she had slit his throat so deeply that he was nearly decapitated. Continue reading “No Death Row: Jurors in Jodi Arias Case 11-1 for Death Penalty”

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”