Through our history men have been the more violent of our species. Our Prisons hold such criminals as Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez, and the son of Sam. Today there is a growing trend in our nation’s prisons; a small percent of women are being held on death row and this paper will hypothesize how they got there. This paper is to explore and prove that women who kill do so because of abuse endured at home, severe drug abuse, or just total desperation. The author of this paper will be expressing on fact and case history as well as those whom do not agree.

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