Teresa Lewis
American murderer
Died when: 41 years 150 days (496 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis (April 26, 1969 – September 23, 2010) was an American murderer who was the only woman on death row in Virginia prior to her execution.
She was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murders of her husband and stepson in October 2002.Lewis sought to profit from a $250,000 life insurance policy her stepson had taken out as a U.S.
Army reservist in anticipation of his deployment to Iraq.In September 2010, Lewis became the first female inmate to die by lethal injection in the state of Virginia.
The state had last executed a woman in 1912.The case led to debate over capital punishment owing to Lewis's sex, as well as to questions regarding her mental capacity.
Capital punishment was abolished in Virginia on March 24, 2021, officially making Lewis the last woman to be executed in Virginia.
