Women and Capital Punishment in the United States by Baker, David V. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introduction

Organization

Part I Theoretical and Empirical Frameworks

Theoretical Frameworks

Chivalry Theory Evil Woman Theory Equality Theory A Critical Perspective Capital Justice and the U.S. Supreme Court

Furman v. Georgia Gregg v. Georgia McCleskey v. Kemp

Capital Justice and Women in the Modern Era

Poverty Prosecutorial Discretion Prosecutorial Homophobia Mentally Impaired Defendants Judicial Override Prosecutorial Lawlessness Peremptory Challenge

Concluding Remarks

Empirical Frameworks

Data Characteristics

Race of Offenders Criminal Offenses Age Methods Regions Places Jurisdictions Race of Victims Occupations of Offenders

Historical Contours Concluding Remarks

Part II Historical Context

The First Historical Trend, 1630s–1750s

Executions of White Women

The Antinomian Controversy The Quaker Intrusion Witchcraft Infanticide and Child Murder Spousal Murder Adultery Murder of Abusive Masters Predatory Murder Slave Insurrection

Executions of Black Women

Murder of Abusive Masters Infanticide and Child Murder Slave Insurrection

Executions of American Indian Women Concluding Remarks

The Second Historical Trend, 1760s–1890s

Executions of White Women

Spousal Murder Infanticide and Child Murder Murder of Masters and Mistresses Property Crimes Predatory Murder

Executions of Black Women

Late Colonial Slavery Antebellum Slavery Reconstruction Early Jim Crow

Executions of Mexican Women Executions of American Indian Women Execution of a Native Hawaiian Female Correcting the Historical Record Concluding Remarks

The Third Historical Trend, 1900s–2010s

Executions of White Women

Predatory Murder Ethel Rosenberg Spousal Murder Child Murder

Executions of Black Women

The Modern Era

Execution of an American Indian Woman Correcting the Historical Record Contrasting Lynchings and Executions Concluding Remarks

Part III Wrongful Convictions, Judicial Commutations, Executive Clemency and Women on Death Row Today

Wrongful Convictions in Potentially Capital Cases

Data Factors Contributing to False Convictions

False Eyewitness Identification False Confessions Perjury False Forensic Evidence Official Misconduct Inadequate Legal Defense No Crime Cases Insufficient Evidence Forensic DNA Evidence

Predatory Murder Spousal Murder Child Murder Shaken Baby Syndrome Medical Neglect Cases Motived by Religion Manslaughter Concluding Remarks

Judicial Reversals of Capital Convictions

Early Cases of Judicial Reversals Judicial Reversals Post-Furman Concluding Remarks

Executive Clemency of Condemned Women

Clemency and Gender Women on Death Row Granted Clemency Clemency in the 18th Century Clemency in the 19th Century Clemency in the 20th Century

Clemency Post-Gregg

Concluding Remarks

The Female Death Row Population

Institutional Indifference Women Foreign Nationals Deaths of Condemned Women by Natural Causes Characteristics of the Female Death Row Population Predatory Murderers Child Murderers Spousal Murderers Life Without Parole Concluding Remarks

Conclusion

The First Historical Trend The Second Historical Trend The Third Historical Trend

Chapter Notes

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10

Bibliography List of Names and Terms

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