The serial killer Velma Barfield became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962.

Velma Barfield

American serial killer (1932–1984)

Margie Velma Barfield was an American serial killer who was convicted of one murder but was linked to seven murders in total. She became the first woman in the United States to be executed after the resumption of capital punishment in 1976, and the first since 1962. She was also…

Capital punishment in the United States

In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty in 27 states, throughout the country at the federal level, and in American Samoa. It is also a legal penalty for some military offenses. Capital punishment has been abolished in the other 23 states and in the federal…