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Ray Copeland (December 30 1914 – October 19 1993) and Faye Della Copeland (August 4 1921 – December 28 2003) became at the ages of 76 and 69 respectively the oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States. They were convicted of killing five drifters. When her sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1999 Faye Copeland was the oldest woman on death row.