Using a historical framework, this book offers not only the penal history of the death penalty in the states that have given women the death penalty, but it also retells the stories of the women who have been executed and those currently awaiting...
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Using a historical framework, this book offers not only the penal history of the death penalty in the states that have given women the death penalty, but it also retells the stories of the women who have been executed and those currently awaiting their fate on death row.||This work takes a historical look at women and the death penalty in the United States from 1900 to 1998. It gives the reader a look at the penal codes in the various states regarding the death penalty and the personal stories of women who have been executed or who are currently on death row. As Americans continue to debate th
17. Massachusetts: No Death Penalty18. Mississippi: Gas/Lethal Injection; 19. Missouri: Lethal Injection; 20. Nevada: Lethal Injection; 21. New Jersey: Lethal Injection; 22. New York: Lethal Injection; 23. North Carolina: Gas/Lethal Injection; 24. Ohio: Gas/Lethal Injection; 25. Oklahoma: Lethal Injection; 26. Pennsylvania: Lethal Injection; 27. South Carolina: Lethal Injection; 28. Tennessee: Electrocution/Lethal Injection; 29. Texas: Lethal Injection; 30. Vermont: No Death Penalty; 31. Virginia: Lethal Injection; Appendix A: Women on Death Row, 1998
Appendix B: Women with Death Sentences by StateAppendix C: Length of Time on Death Row; Appendix D: Women's Death Sentences Since 1900; Appendix E: Ages of Women on Death Row, 1998; Bibliography; Index
