The Associated Press: 1st woman in 5 years executed in US despite outcry

The Associated Press: 1st woman in 5 years executed in US despite outcry:

"Then, as the drugs flowed into her body, her feet bobbed but she otherwise remained motionless. A guard lightly tapped her on the shoulder reassuringly as she slipped into death.

More than 7,300 appeals to stop the execution — the first of a woman in Virginia since 1912 — had been made to the governor in a state second only to Texas in the number of people it executes.