Download This PaperEquality of the Damned: The Execution of Women on the Cusp of the 21st Century
20 Pages Posted: 14 May 2009
Date Written: 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.
Keywords: Capital Punishment, Gender Equality
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
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: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1402789
Elizabeth Rapaport (Contact Author)
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