Karla Faye Tucker.
Mountain View, Texas. 1992.
While she was on death row, a large national and international opposition built over her execution.
George Bush, as governor, responded to a queston about this case by a reporter with a mocking imitation of her
pleading for her life.
On February 3, 1998, Karla Faye Tucker became
the first woman to be executed in Texas since 1863.