Description |
xii, 198 p. : ill. |
Series |
Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest |
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Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-194) and index. |
Contents |
Capital crimes -- The death penalty for women nationally -- Earliest Ohio death penalty statutes -- The modern death penalty era in Ohio -- Patterns of death sentencing and executions -- Hester Foster : executed on February 9, 1844 -- Anna Marie Hahn : executed on December 7, 1938 -- Dovie Blanche Dean : executed on January 15, 1954 -- Betty Butler : executed on June 12, 1954 -- Sandra Lockett : sentenced in 1975, reversed in 1978 -- Alberta Osborne : sentenced in 1975, reversed in 1978 -- Patricia Wernert : sentenced in 1976, reversed in 1978 -- Benita Smith : sentenced in 1977, reversed in 1978 -- Sharon Faye Young : sentenced in 1983, reversed in 1986 -- Rosalie Grant : sentenced in 1983, commuted in 1991 -- Debra Brown : sentenced in 1985, commuted in 1991 -- Elizabeth Green : sentenced in 1988, commuted in 1991 -- Beatrice Lampkin : sentenced in 1989, commuted in 1991 -- Donna Roberts : sentenced in 2003, now on death row -- Nicole Ann Diar : sentenced in 2005, now on death row -- Executed women, 1803-2005 -- Death-sentenced women, 1973-2005. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Capital punishment -- Ohio -- History -- Case studies.
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Female offenders -- Ohio -- History -- Case studies.
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Trials (Murder) -- Ohio -- History -- Cases.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
0821416936 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780821416938 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0821416944 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780821416945 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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