Did you know there are currently 6 women sentenced to death in Texas? Since executions resumed in 1976 Texas has also executed 6 women. The women currently on Texas Death Row are:
Darlie Routier
Linda Carty
Erica Sheppard
Melissa Lucio
Kimberly Cargill
Brittany Holberg
For more information on women on death row: https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/Records-6-women-have-been-executed-in-Texas-6543820.php
Update on Darlie’s case and quest for exoneration:
About Linda Carty:
https://news.sky.com/story/british-woman-on-death-row-loses-appeal-11240598
Melissa Lucio:
In October 2018 Melissa was granted the right to appeal her conviction due to flaws in the forensic evidence at trial. (Ruling available from http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/16/16-70027.0.pdf)
Texas Abolitionists 