Executed
Teresa Lewis
Teresa Lewis, a woman who by advocates' account had become a model prisoner during her time in custody, was executed by lethal injection in 2010. Governor Bob McDonnell denied her clemency petition before the execution went ahead. Advocates questioned whether she had intellectual disability, an objection that was raised before her death.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Advocates questioned whether she had intellectual disability and said she had become a model prisoner.
Reported by: Virginia Department of Corrections (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.