Jessie J. Tafero was also sentenced to death for the same crime. Jacobs began her sentence at Broward C. Kaysie B. She is at Lowell Correctional Institution. Dee D. The woman had begun asking about her missing son, who Casteel and a fellow employee had ordered killed a month before. Casteel paid two mechanics to kill the woman. She was videotaped shooting one of the men by her co-defendant Kosta Fotopoulos, her former boss and lover.
She plead guilty. She was resentenced to life on May 7, She is at Homestead Correctional Institution. She was resentenced to life on June 16, She was resentenced to life on August 1, Nicknamed the "Black Widow," Goodyear was also convicted and sentenced to life for the May 13, drowning murder of her paralyzed son in Santa Rosa County.
She had two death warrants signed and stayed. On March 30, , the state of Florida executed Bueonano. Extramarital pregnancy, for example, is prima facie evidence of zina. Not only is that evidentiary rule not gender neutral, it does not necessarily follow from adultery, since such a pregnancy could be the result of rape.
In many countries, women face capital punishment for terrorism-related offenses. Typically, these crimes are characterized by accusation of belonging to ISIS. Frequently these women are denied opportunities for substantive defense; attorneys rarely have access to their clients prior to trial, the charges brought against them are broad and all encompassing, and trials are hastily conducted.
The result is often a sentence of life in prison or capital punishment. The death penalty disproportionally affects the poor and vulnerable and members of racial, ethnic, or religious minorities. International law prohibits the imposition of the death sentence on children under the age of 18 at the time of the offense.
Yet some countries to continue to execute juvenile offenders. The crimes for which minors have been sentenced to death almost always involve gender-based violence, child marriage, or sexual abuse.
Yet many trial courts fail to take into account gender-based violence as a mitigating factor in sentencing. In cases where a female minor has killed her abuser, she is often not able to raise domestic violence as a defense or mitigating factor.
Courts also rarely take into account the psychosocial effects of child marriage, such as post-traumatic stress and depression.
Foreign nationals, particularly migrant workers who are domestic workers, are sentenced to death in disproportionate numbers. Many foreign domestic workers are unfamiliar with the local language and the legal process, unable to afford a lawyer, unable to make themselves heard, and are often denied effective legal representation. Moreover, female domestic workers often face exploitative work situations, and when they leave their employers or file a complaint, they are often charged with capital crimes, such as witchcraft or zina.
We call on the Human Rights Council and all UN Member States to abolish the death penalty and to take the following interim measures to address discrimination against women in the context of the death penalty:. On 10 October , the World Day will be dedicated to women who risk being sentenced to death, who have received a death sentence, who have been executed, and to those who have had their death sentences commuted, exonerated, or pardoned.
While working towards the complete abolition of the death penalty worldwide for all crimes and for all genders, it is crucial to sound the alarm on the discrimination women face and the consequences such discrimination can have on a death sentence. In , executions recorded by Amnesty International continued to decrease reaching a new low level in the past 10 years, with the COVID pandemic contributing to the decline.
For more details and ideas, download the mobilization kit.
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