When
it comes to females getting sentences for the crimes they commit, they tend to
get off for less time, get off easier, or any combination of the sorts. In the
article "Mississippi moves to execute its 1st female prisoner since
1944", the title speaks for itself. According to the Death Penalty
Information Center, woman only make up 2% of death row inmates. Is that because
they get lighter sentences? Or is it because women generally commit less violent
crimes than men?
The
specific case that is mentioned in that article is a roller coaster ride in
itself, but for the other crimes that women commit that are black and white
where they are 100% guilty and have confessed, are there different parameters
for how women are sentenced? There shouldn't be. But I believe that there are.
Women who are high-profile, beautiful and good at fooling the public may be
able to sweeten their deal without doing anything illegal. It could be a
response to their nature. That cannot possibly cover all female criminals,
though.
Going
onto the Death Penalty Information website brings up all of the current case
summaries of women awaiting execution in the states that it is legal. The low
numbers of women in each state is astounding. In Tennessee, a woman hasn't been
executed since 1837 and there is only one woman currently on death row in that
state while there are 72 men. Oregon has never executed a woman and only has
one on death row currently while there are 35 men. California, not
surprisingly, has almost 750 people on death row currently and only 19 OF THEM
are women!
Ultimately,
after going through Module 9 I have concluded that there seem to be
discrepancies in the numbers is because women simply commit less violent crimes
than me. Women are more likely to commit public order crimes and non-felonious
ones.
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