Equality of the Damned: The Execution of Women on the Cusp of the 21st Century

Rapaport, Elizabeth

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Equality of the Damned: The Execution of Women on the Cusp of the 21st Century

Elizabeth Rapaport

University of New Mexico - School of Law

2000

Ohio North University Law Review, Vol. XXVI, No. 3, 2000

Abstract:
This article explores why women are rarely executed and examines the execution of four women in the Post-Furman Era, focusing on the execution of Karla Faye Tucker.

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Keywords: Capital Punishment, Gender Equality

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Date posted: May 14, 2009

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Rapaport, Elizabeth, Equality of the Damned: The Execution of Women on the Cusp of the 21st Century (2000). Ohio North University Law Review, Vol. XXVI, No. 3, 2000. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1402789

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