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Author:

Cairns, Kathleen A., 1946-

Title:

Proof of guilt : Barbara Graham and the politics of executing women in America / Kathleen A. Cairns.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xxi, 204 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Graham, Barbara,--1923-1955.
Women murderers--California--Case studies.
Women death row inmates--United States--Case studies.
Capital punishment--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

A murder in Burbank -- A life on the lam -- A femme fatale on trial -- Crime doesn't pay -- An execution in California -- Executing women in America -- I want to live! -- Due process -- Abolishing the death penalty -- The ultimate penalty.

ISBN:

0803230095 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780803230095 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)812614435

LCCN:

2012039747

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)