Christina Marie Riggs
Christina Marie Riggs was a nurse and a mother, and in her journal she wrote about her fears of being a good mother to her son. She had spent about three years on death row, and in a final statement before her execution she expressed remorse and said she wanted to be with her children again. The State of Arkansas put her to death by lethal injection at a state prison on the evening of May 2, 2000, which the BBC reported as the first woman executed in Arkansas in 150 years. Her lawyers argued that she was not criminally responsible because of her mental state, and she had waived her final appeal.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Her lawyers had argued she was not criminally responsible because of her mental state.
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held her); news reports.
News reports (6)
- Executions 1913-present
- AMERICAS | Woman executed in Arkansas
- Christina Riggs: Oklahoma nurse who killed her 2 children said 'now I can be with my babies' before execution
- Haunting last words of death row mum who killed kids before she was executed
- Death Row mum who killed her children utters heartbreaking final words before she's executed
- Death row mom who killed her children uttered chilling last words before execution