Women On Death Row

Shawna Forde was convicted for a 2009 crime that resulted in the violent murders of Raul Flores and his 9-year-old daughter Brisenia.

In 2009 Emilia Carr and her boyfriend Joshua Fulgham were convicted for the first degree murder.

Linda Carty was sentenced to death for the kidnapping of three-day-old newborn Ray Cabrera, and the kidnapping and murder of his mother, Joana Rodriguez; experts reflect on the case and what led to Carty's death sentence.

On May 23, 1995, Kerry Lyn Dalton was sentenced to death for the torture and murder of Irene Melanie May. Police arrested Kerry and two others after several witnesses told authorities that the three openly bragged about killing her.

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.

On July 10, 2008, Melissa Lucio was sentenced to death for the murder of her two-year-old daughter.