Poison Arms

Margie Velma Barfield (née Margie Velma Bullard) (October 23, 1932 – November 2, 1984) was the first woman in the United States to be executed after the 1977 resumption of capital punishment^[1] and the first since 1962.^[2] She was also the first woman to be executed by lethal injection

Famous last meal requests

Velma Barfield: She declined a special meal, having a bag of Cheez Doodles and a can of Coca-Cola instead.^[24]