The fairer death : executing women in Ohio / Victor L. Streib.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Streib, Victor L.

Series:

Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.

Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capital punishment--Ohio--History--Case studies.

Capital punishment.

Female offenders--Ohio--History--Case studies.

Female offenders.

Trials (Murder)--Ohio--History--Cases.

Trials (Murder).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women on death row are such a rarity that, once condemned, they may be ignored and forgotten. Ohio, a typical, middle-of-the-road death penalty state, provides a telling example of this phenomenon. The Fairer Death: Executing Women in Ohio explores Ohio's experience with the death penalty for women and reflects on what this experience reveals about the death penalty for women throughout the nation. Victor Streib's analysis of two centuries of Ohio death penalty legislation and adjudication reveals no obvious exclusion of women or even any recognition of an issue of sex bias. In this respect, Ohio's justice system exemplifies the subtle and insidious nature of this cultural disparity. Professor Streib provides detailed descriptions of the cases of the four women actually executed by Ohio since its founding and of the cases of the ten women sentenced to death in Ohio in the current death penalty era (1973-2005). Some of these cases had a profound impact on death penalty law, but most were routine and drew little attention. A generation later, reversals and commutations have left only one woman on Ohio's death row. Although Streib focuses specifically on Ohio, the underlying premise is that Ohio is, in many ways, a typical death penalty state. The Fairer Death provides insight into our national experience, provoking questions about the rationale for the death penalty and the many disparities in its administration.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-194) and index.

ISBN:

0-8214-4208-2

OCLC:

228144777