Wretched Sisters

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Wretched Sisters is written by Mary Welek Atwell and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1453914188 (ISBN 10) and 9781453914182 (ISBN 13).

Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, fourteen women have been put to death in the United States. The criminal justice system defines crimes committed by women in a particularly gendered context. Wretched Sisters is unique in its analysis of the legal and cultural circumstances that determine why a small number of women are sentenced to death and provides a detailed account of how these fourteen women came to be subjected to the ultimate punishment.