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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 the enforcement of the death penalty, the issues of race and gender as they relate to the death penalty are also debated. This book offers a unique perspective to a recurring sociopolitical issue.
KATHLEEN A. O'SHEA is a social worker who does criminal justice research on female prisoners with a focus on women and the death penalty. She is the editor of Female Offenders: An Annotated Bibliography published by Greenwood Press in 1996.
Foreword Preface History and Execution of Women Alabama: Electrocution Arizona: Gas/Lethal Injection Arkansas: Electrocution/Lethal Injection California: Gas/Lethal Injection Connecticut: Lethal Injection Delaware: Lethal Injection/Hanging Federal Jurisdiction Florida: Electrocution Georgia: Electrocution Idaho: Lethal Injection/Firing Squad Illinois: Lethal Injection Indiana: Lethal Injection Kentucky: Electrocution Louisiana: Lethal Injection Maryland: Gas/Lethal Injection Massachussetts: No Death Penalty Mississippi: Gas/Lethal Injection Missouri: Lethal Injection Nevada: Lethal Injection New Jersey: Lethal Injection New York: Lethal Injection North Carolina: Gas/Lethal Injection Ohio: Gas/Lethal Injection Oklahoma: Lethal Injection Pennsylvania: Lethal Injection South Carolina: Lethal Injection/Electrocution Tennessee: Electrocution Texas: Lethal Injection Virginia: Lethal Injection Vermont: No Death Penalty Appendixes Bibliography Index
