Suzanne Basso, a female murderer convicted for killing her mentally
challenged boyfriend, Louis
Musso, 59, in 1998 has been
put to death in Texas, USA. This makes it the 14th time in the history
of the US that a woman would be put to death for any crime.
Basso, 59, was lethally injected with
Pentobarbital, a brain and nervous system attacking drug in front of
two of her friends. She was declared dead 11 minutes later.
In a bid to inherit his
insurance and benefit, she and five others had battered, bleached, and
burnt Louis with cigarettes. Then they deposited his body in a ditch
outside Houston, Texas. Suzanne was described during the trial as the
ring leader in the crime. During her trial, her own daughter described
her as a physical and sexual
abuser.
Women make up about 2% of condemned US
inmates with only 60 out of 3,100 on death row. Nearly 1,400 men have
been put to death since the US Supreme Court reinstated the death
penalty in 1976.
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