1st woman in 5 years executed in US amid outcry
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The state of Virginia carried out a rare execution of a woman, despite international criticism and claims by her attorneys that she was borderline retarded.
Teresa Lewis, 41, died by injection Thursday night, authorities said.
The Lewis execution stirred an unusual amount of attention because of her gender, claims she lacked the intelligence to mastermind the killings of which she was convicted and the post-conviction emergence of defense evidence that one of the triggermen manipulated her.(AP)
