Rhonda Belle Martin
This case was a rather quick case to research although I took a bit longer to not just get some statistics but to also add to my ever growing list of cases to look into. This is case is considered to be more rare than most. This is about a case not only of a woman in which was sentenced to death, but one in which the execution was enacted. Sure we know the cases of Aileen Wurornos, Karla Faye Tucker, or even Mary Surratt but they really are rare, especially in what is considered to be the modern age of the death penalty. For the record, the "modern age" of the death penalty is considered as beginning in 1976. While during the 1940's and 50's support for the death penalty was waning and the numbers were coming down a bit it took until 1972 for the United State Supreme Court to officially abolish the death penalty. It was then that anyone who was current on death row, some of the most famous were Charles Manson and his followers, were re-sentenced to li...