"A Voice for Men" on Death Row Inequities

Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2010-09-18 00:20

Article here. Excerpt:

'’m not just fascinated by the Lewis case because executions of women are rare. Though they are, exceedingly. Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, there have been over 1,200 executions in the United States. A whopping 11 of them, or less than 1%, were women. Lewis will, if not saved by the Supreme Court or the Virginia Governor, be the first dead woman walking in that state in 98 years.

This stands in pretty stark contrast considering women commit, by DOJ estimates, 10% of all murders, are involved in 35% of all domestic homicides (are involved means, like Lewis, they get other people to kill for them) and nearly 30% of murders where the victim was another family member.

On death row, it seems, the vagina exemption is almost a given.'

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"On death row, it seems, the vagina exemption is almost a given.'"

Historically, women have been highly valued and protected for their ability to propagate the species. Given that America (women) has/have committed 50,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade went into effect in the 70's, is there any reason to still be giving women their sex pass on violent crimes they commit? No, it should have ended decades ago. Old prejudices die hard, especially this one.

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Submitted by MR on Sat, 2010-09-18 16:44