Lone woman on Nevada's death row dies in prison
the only woman on Nevada's death row died
the only woman on Nevada's death row died at the Southern Nevada Women's Correctional Center in Las Vegas, authorities said. She was 75. Priscilla Ford had been suffering from emphysema, said Fritz Schlottman, spokesman for the Nevada Department of Corrections.
Ford was convicted of killing 6 people and injuring 23 after she drove her Lincoln Continental down a crowded Reno sidewalk on Thanksgiving Day 1980. "She had been very quiet for so long," Schlottman said. "No one ever had any problems with her (in prison). I don't remember hearing about her violating any rules." Ford had exhausted her state appeals but still had federal appeals left to challenge the death sentence.
Ford was convicted of killing 6 people and injuring 23 after she drove her Lincoln Continental down a crowded Reno sidewalk on Thanksgiving Day 1980. "She had been very quiet for so long," Schlottman said. "No one ever had any problems with her (in prison). I don't remember hearing about her violating any rules." Ford had exhausted her state appeals but still had federal appeals left to challenge the death sentence.
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- (Sources: Associated Press, 30/01/2005)