Karla Faye Tucker, 38, arrives at the Texas death house in Huntsville for her execution. She hacked a couple to death with a pickaxe, striking them over 20 times. Tucker drew global attention in part since she was only the second woman executed in the United States since the 1970s, 1998 [800 x 540].

[Karla Faye Tucker](https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/tucker-karla.htm)

I am not exactly sure how one got access to these photos (they must’ve been there or known someone who was there), but they definitely appear to be the real deal.

[Here’s one of Betty Lou Beets in 2000](https://imgur.com/a/9MqYV4Z)

Both executions were controversial, Karla Tucker due to her jailhouse conversion and Betty Beets due to claims that she was a battered woman. In my opinion, Tucker’s conversion was genuine. Beets was full of shit. Officials were unwilling to give her the benefit of the doubt given her extensive history of violence against men. Beets had a prior conviction for shooting an ex-husband in 1970s. Granted, that man admitted he was abusive. However, Beets also tried to run over her third husband. The police later found the remains of the fourth husband in her yard after she was arrested for murdering her fifth husband.

Also notable for being the subject of a classic Indigo Girls track.