Death sentences and executions for female offenders are also rare in comparison to such events for male offenders. Women are more likely to drop out of the death-penalty system the further it progresses:

* women account for about 1 in 10 (10%) murder arrests;
* women account for only 1 in 50 (2.1%) death sentences imposed at the trial level;
* women account for only 1 in 67 (1.8%) persons presently on death row; and
* women account for only 1 in 100 (.9%) persons actually executed in the modern era.