Women On Death Row

Shawna Forde, a hair stylist turned militia leader, is sentenced to death when she orders the killing of family with young children.

Emilia Carr is sentenced to death for killing her boyfriend's ex, a murder she committed while 7-months pregnant.

St. Kitts native and British citizen Linda Carty is sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing Joana Rodriguez in an attempt to steal her three-day-old baby and pass him off as her own.

Kerry Lyn Dalton is given the death penalty after she is convicted of torturing and killing Irene "Melanie" May by stabbing her, beating her, and injecting her with battery acid.

In 1998, a fire in Sandi Nieves' home that started under suspicious circumstances led to her conviction for arson, the murders of her four daughters, and the attempted murder of her son David, who survived the fire. Sandi is awaiting the possibility of a new trial and says her only reason for existing is the thought of one day being able to talk to her son.

On July 10, 2008, Melissa Lucio was sentenced to death for the murder of her two-year-old daughter, Mariah, and in January 2022 she was given an official execution date of April 27, 2022. Melissa would be the first Hispanic woman put to death in the state of Texas. With only three months before Melissa's execution, the Innocence Project digs into her case and uncovers staggering problems, but authorities show no sign of intervening, despite growing interest from the public and a bi-partisan group of politicians. In Melissa's final hours, the nation erupts in protest in fear that an innocent woman is about to be put to death.