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Women and Capital Punishment in the United States

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The history of the execution of women in the United States has largely been ignored and scholars have given scant attention to gender issues in capital punishment. This historical analysis examines the social, political and economic contexts in which the justice system has put women to death, revealing a pattern of patriarchal domination and female subordination. The book includes a discussion of condemned women granted executive clemency and judicial commutations, an inquiry into women falsely convicted in potentially capital cases and a profile of the current female death row population.

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Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Kindle Book

  • Release date: November 26, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781476622880
  • File size: 13581 KB
  • Release date: November 26, 2015

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781476622880
  • File size: 13581 KB
  • Release date: November 26, 2015

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

Languages

English

The history of the execution of women in the United States has largely been ignored and scholars have given scant attention to gender issues in capital punishment. This historical analysis examines the social, political and economic contexts in which the justice system has put women to death, revealing a pattern of patriarchal domination and female subordination. The book includes a discussion of condemned women granted executive clemency and judicial commutations, an inquiry into women falsely convicted in potentially capital cases and a profile of the current female death row population.

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