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Bookmark or Share- Karla Faye Tucker - WikipediaKarla Faye Tucker (November 18, 1959 – February 3, 1998) was an American woman sentenced to death for killing two people with a pickaxe during a burglary. [2] She was the first woman to be executed in the United States since Velma Barfield in 1984 in North Carolina, and the first in Texas since Chipita Rodriguez in 1863. [3]
- Texas, in First Time In 135 Years, Is Set To Execute WomanClearing the way for Texas' first execution of a woman in 135 years, the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles turned down a clemency request today from Karla Faye Tucker, a pickax murderer...
- Law: Karla Faye Tucker – Texas MonthlyKarla Faye Tucker forced the issue of capital punishment as no one has in years. On June 13, 1983, Tucker and a male accomplice sneaked into a Houston apartment and, for no real reason,...
- Texas Woman Executed After Final Appeals Rejected Pickax Killer Tucker ...Karla Faye Tucker, the “Pickax Killer” turned born-again Christian, died of a lethal injection Tuesday night, closing a long fight for her life as a crowd outside the Texas death house...
- Karla Faye Tucker Executed - TIMEKarla Faye Tucker died at around 7:45 PM EST on Tuesday of lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas. The Pope did what he could do. The crowd that held a candlelight vigil outside Tucker’s cell...
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