Wretched Sisters
Examining Gender and Capital Punishmend| By: | Mary Welek Atwell |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang |
| Print ISBN: | 9781433122347 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781454199069 |
| Edition: | 2 |
| Copyright: | 2014 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, fourteen women have been put to death in the United States. The criminal justice system defines crimes committed by women in a particularly gendered context. Wretched Sisters is unique in its analysis of the legal and cultural circumstances that determine why a small number of women are sentenced to death and provides a detailed account of how these fourteen women came to be subjected to the ultimate punishment.