I want to point out, since I have to get on my men's issues soapbox, that the people who are going to be executed are almost exclusively men (aka reflective of the prison population). A large portion of which is due to measurable bias against men and toward women. The ratio of men to women executed from 2001 to 2010 was 91 men per 1 woman. On December 31, 2004, US prisons held 3263 men and 52 women under the death sentence.
For examples, look into Sonia Starr's research on sentencing disparities, Ch. 4 of the US Sentencing Commission's research on Race, Ethnic, and Gender disparities, and the publication "A Time Trend Study of Swedish Male and Female Homicide Offenders from 1990 to 2010". The swedish study in particular has some sobering data on the leniency given to females who murder children.
So, do take a second and reflect on whether you'd have the same stomach for execution if the numbers of men and women were even close to being even.
I want to point out, since I have to get on my men's issues soapbox, that the people who are going to be executed are almost exclusively men (aka reflective of the prison population). A large portion of which is due to measurable bias against men and toward women. The ratio of men to women executed from 2001 to 2010 was 91 men per 1 woman. On December 31, 2004, US prisons held 3263 men and 52 women under the death sentence.
For examples, look into Sonia Starr's research on sentencing disparities, Ch. 4 of the US Sentencing Commission's research on Race, Ethnic, and Gender disparities, and the publication "A Time Trend Study of Swedish Male and Female Homicide Offenders from 1990 to 2010". The swedish study in particular has some sobering data on the leniency given to females who murder children.
So, do take a second and reflect on whether you'd have the same stomach for execution if the numbers of men and women were even close to being even.
Wrong question. Differences are a given. At what ratio does it become unethical to execute?
In addition, if one thinks abortion to be murder, then women are doing things worthy of the death penalty in the millions each year.