Aileen Wuornos, the Florida woman whose stay of execution was granted a week ago by Governor Jeb Bush so that a psychiatric examination could be performed to establish her competency, has been found competent and is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday.

Ms. Wuornos wants to die. She fired her lawyers some time ago. But a lawyer recently appointed to represent her is convinced she is mentally ill. Others argue that by killing her, Florida is engaging in "state-assisted suicide."

"Wuornos is not the first female killer to be put to death in Florida since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976 and Florida resumed executions 3 years later.
In 1998, the state executed Judi Buenoano, dubbed the "black widow," by prosecutors for the poisoning deaths of her husband, son and a boyfriend. Before that, the last woman executed in Florida was a slave girl named Celia, who was hanged in 1848 for beating her master to death."