Imposition of Death Sentences Upon Female Offenders, January 1, 1973, Through October 1, 1990

• NCJ Number: 127064
• Author(s): V L Streib
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Cleveland State University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: 5th edition

Annotation

This report focuses upon the pronouncement of the death sentence for female offenders, beginning June 29, 1972.

Abstract

No women were sentenced to death until 1973. Seventy-five women were sentenced to death over the 1973-1990 period, 1.8 percent of the total number of death sentences. In 1989, the death sentence for female offenders doubled to 10 from the 5 of the previous year, but dropped to 3 in 1990. The female offenders are identified by name, race, state, date of crime and sentence, and current status of the sentence.