Or is it just men who can receive death penalty? Has any women before commit any atrocity?
2007-08-27 09:31:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes, women have received it.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=230&scid=24
"As of June 30, 2007 there were 49 women on death row. This constitutes 1.4% of the total death row population of about 3,344 persons.
In the past 100 years, over 40 women have been executed in the U.S, including 11 since 1976."
2007-08-27 09:36:15 · answer #1 · answered by Leah 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nobody should get the death penalty. It's bad for society. The worst thing about it is that innocent people sometimes get convicted and sentenced to death. You can't reverse an execution. The death penalty system has other flaws: It doesn't reduce violent crime. It costs a whole lot more than life in prison. It doesn't even apply to the worst crimes, but to defendants with the worst lawyers. Life without parole is available in 49 states (all except Alaska.) It means exactly what it says, and spending the rest of your life locked up, with no hope of ever being free, is no picnic. Advantages: lower cost than the death penalty if someone serving LWOP turns out to be innocent, he can be released.
2016-05-19 03:39:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes women have received the death penalty, but it is more often given to men.
2007-08-27 09:39:30 · answer #3 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the US there have been several in recent years:
Velma Barfield, Karla Fate Tucker, Judy Buenoano, Betty Lou Beets, Christina Riggs, Wanda Jean Allen, Marilyn Plantz, Lois Nadeen Smith, Linda Lyon Block, Aileen Wuornos, Frances Newton. In all but two of these cases, the killer was close to the victim- family member, lover etc.
2007-08-27 10:10:32 · answer #4 · answered by Susan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a man and woman couple that received the
death penalty in the 50s. The sentence was carried out. They
kidnaped a child then murdered him. This was from St. Louis.
2007-08-27 09:42:59 · answer #5 · answered by Jimmy H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not just in this century, but don't forget about the ones brutally and unfounded who were burned at the stake as witches in the North! That's the most heinous death penalty I can think of!
2007-08-27 09:42:01 · answer #6 · answered by bpgagirl22 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, 11 women have been executed in the US since 1976 - the numer is much lower than men
2007-08-27 09:39:11 · answer #7 · answered by Kmmv 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Queens --
Ann Boleyn
Jane Howard
Marie Antoinette
etc.,
Mary Suratt (One of the Lincoln Assassins)
2007-08-27 10:26:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
women get the death penalty just like men do.
2007-08-27 09:41:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes women receive it all the time, look up Texas death row, you can get a list of men and women who have been executed.
2007-08-27 09:37:35 · answer #10 · answered by crutchduck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋