Velma Barfield is probably better known for her execution than for her murders. She became the first woman to be executed in North Carolina after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. She was also the first woman to die by lethal injection in the United States.

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Humans have always committed crimes. What can we learn from the criminals and crimes of the past, and have humans gotten better or worse over time?

Criminalia

Margie Velma Barfield was convicted of one murder, but eventually confessed to four in total. She became known as the Death Row Granny before she was executed in 1984.

Velma Barfield: Death Row Granny or Just Mama Margie?

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