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Ohio & Women - Few Capital Cases

By Steve Hall

"Death row women a rarity," is the Cincinnati Enquirer report by Janice Morse.  Here's an excerpt:The Hamilton woman accused of killing her infant son last month, Asuncion Avila-Villa, is among a mere handful of women ever to face a possible death sentence in Southwest Ohio or Northern Kentucky.That's partly because most death-penalty-eligible crimes are committed by men, authorities say. But is society biased against pursuing or imposing the death penalty when the accused or convicted offender happens to be a woman?Several prosecutors in the region say they don't hesitate to seek the death penalty when the crime fits the criteria, regardless of the accused's gender.But in Ohio history, only four executions of women are on record...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 09, 2009 (boomark / email).