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Death penalty expert’s report finds N.C. among national leaders in females sentenced to die

February 13, 2008

North Carolina has accounted for approximately 10 percent of the death sentences handed out to American females in the current death penalty era (1973-present), and the state trails only California and Texas in the number of female offenders sentenced to death during that same time period. See details from the latest report by Elon University School of Law faculty member Victor Streib...