Virginia's Execution Of A Woman May Signal Shift In National Thinking

L.A. Times - California | Local News, Los Angeles Times: Local
Fri, 09/24/2010 - 12:00am

Her death breaks with traditional queasiness over such punishment for female criminals. Legal scholars say fewer women are given capital sentences because they are less likely to kill. Virginia put to death a 41-year-old woman Thursday night, the first execution of a female in the country in five years and the first in that state for nearly a century.

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Virginia's Execution Of A Woman May Signal Shift In National Thinking

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