Women And The Death Penalty In The United States, 1900-1998
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...
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Offers not only the penal history of the death penalty in the states that have sentenced women to death, but it also tells the stories of the women who have been executed, or are currently awaiting their faith on death row. Booknews The author, a social worker who does criminal justice research, proposes to put a human face on the death penalty. Following a chapter on history and the execution of women, she discusses, in alphabetical order, 29 states that currently have or have had women on death row. She gives information about each state's death penalty process and, when available, about the women themselves. Four appendices discuss women on death row, 1998; women with death sentences by state; length of time on death row; women's death sentences since 1900; and ages of women on death row, 1998. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgments1History and the Execution of Women12Alabama: Electrocution333Arizona: Gas/Lethal Injection514Arkansas: Electrocution/Lethal Injection635California: Gas/Lethal Injection676Connecticut: Lethal Injection917Delaware: Lethal Injection/Hanging958Federal Jurisdiction999Florida: Electrocution11110Georgia: Electrocution13511Idaho: Lethal Injection/Firing Squad14912Illinois: Lethal Injection15713Indiana: Lethal Injection16914Kentucky: Electrocution17715Louisiana: Lethal Injection18916Maryland: Gas/Lethal Injection19717Massachusetts: No Death Penalty20318Mississippi: Gas/Lethal Injection20719Missouri: Lethal Injection21520Nevada: Lethal Injection23321New Jersey: Lethal Injection23922New York: Lethal Injection24523North Carolina: Gas/Lethal Injection25524Ohio: Gas/Lethal Injection27925Oklahoma: Lethal Injection29126Pennsylvania: Lethal Injection30327South Carolina: Lethal Injection31928Tennessee: Electrocution/Lethal Injection32329Texas: Lethal Injection32730Vermont: No Death Penalty35531Virginia: Lethal Injection359App. AWomen on Death Row, 1998365App. BWomen with Death Sentences by State367App. CLength of Time on Death Row373App. DWomen's Death Sentences Since 1900375App. EAges of Women on Death Row, 1998377Bibliography379Index391
\ BooknewsThe author, a social worker who does criminal justice research, proposes to put a human face on the death penalty. Following a chapter on history and the execution of women, she discusses, in alphabetical order, 29 states that currently have or have had women on death row. She gives information about each state's death penalty process and, when available, about the women themselves. Four appendices discuss women on death row, 1998; women with death sentences by state; length of time on death row; women's death sentences since 1900; and ages of women on death row, 1998. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)\ \
