Shamed Onto Death Row
When Brenda Andrew was on trial for murder in 2004 in Oklahoma, a prosecutor named Fern Smith turned to the jury and held up ...
Supreme Court justices have sent Brenda Andrew's death penalty conviction back to a lower court for reconsideration after concluding prosecutors tried to "dehumanise" her ...
Brenda Andrew, now 61, was sentenced to death in ... "The evidence about her role in the murder was not enough to get the death penalty so [prosecutors} preyed on jurors‘ stereotypes of a ...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a challenge by a death row inmate in Oklahoma who claims prosecutors “sex-shamed” her during her trial, referring to her as a “slut puppy” and holding up her thong ...
2004: Conviction and Sentencing Brenda Andrew and James Pavatt were convicted of Rob Andrew’s murder. Both received the death penalty, with Andrew sentenced for orchestrating the killing.
Brenda Andrew was convicted of capital murder in ... of the Fourteenth Amendment provides a mechanism for relief." The death penalty is a legal punishment in Oklahoma. The state has the highest ...
The jury was sent home for the weekend and will return on Monday to hear closing arguments before beginning deliberations.
Brenda Andrew, the only woman on death row in Oklahoma, is facing execution for the 2001 shooting death of her estranged husband. In her appeal to the high court, Andrew said the prosecution’s ...
Brenda Andrew, 61, was convicted in 2004 for the fatal shooting of her husband Rob Andrew over an insurance payout. She was handed the death penalty by jurors after what her defending lawyers said ...