Why the death penalty in America is sexist

Christina Sterbenz
„It took only one juror to spare Jodi Arias the death penalty for the brutal murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008. She will, however, spend the rest of her life behind bars, without the possibility of parole.
Considering the United States has executed only 13 women in the last 40 years, a death sentence would have been highly unusual.
Women committed less than 10% of all murders in America between 2000 and 2010, a Wall Street Journal analysis of crime data found. Women defendants, however, only make up 2% of death row, according to a recent report by the NAACP.
Even fewer women actually get executed, Death Penalty Information Center executive director Richard Dieter told Business Insider.
„There’s just less enforcement of the death penalty at almost every stage for females,“ he said.“  –  Read more: