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Barbara Graham might have been a diabolical dame in a hard-boiled detective story - beautiful, sexy, and deadly. Charged alongside two male friends in the murder of an elderly widow during a botched robbery attempt, "Bloody Babs" became the third woman executed in California. Why, Kathleen A. Cairns asks, of all the capital cases in the twentieth century, did Graham's have such political resonance and staying power?

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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803230095
ISBN-13
9780803230095
eBay Product ID (ePID)
150575175

Product Key Features

Book Title
Proof of Guilt : Barbara Graham and the Politics of Executing Women in America
Author
Kathleen A. Cairns
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Murder / General, Media Studies, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Women's Studies
Publication Year
2013
Genre
True Crime, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
238 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
14.8 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Hv8701.G73c35 2013
Reviews
"This outstanding book is a major contribution to the history of the criminal justice system and its limitations."--Gordon Morris Bakken, Montana, The Magazine of Western History, "At a time when states are closely reexamining capital punishment, particularly in light of the Innocence Project's scathing findings that dozens have been wrongly sent to prison and to Death Row, Kathleen Cairns's meticulous and moving reprise of the notorious 1950s case of Barbara Graham is a sobering, insightful, and welcome study of why the swift and awful justice of execution is neither swift, nor just, but merely awful."-Dennis McDougal, author of Privileged Son: Otis Chandler and the Rise and Fall of the L.A. Times Dynasty, "At a time when states are closely re-examining capital punishment, particularly in light of the Innocence Project's scathing findings that dozens have been wrongly sent to prison and to Death Row, Kathleen Cairns's meticulous and moving reprise of the notorious 1950s case of Barbara Graham is a sobering, insightful, and welcome study of why the swift and awful justice of execution is neither swift, nor just, but merely awful."-Dennis McDougal, author of Privileged Son: Otis Chandler and the Rise and Fall of the L.A. Times Dynasty "Proof of Guilt is a fascinating book that details the case of Barbara Graham and also explores the issue of the execution of women. Although the Graham case occurred decades ago, Cairns brings Barbara Graham back to life in this compelling narrative. The book sheds new light on the issue of the death penalty and dispels many myths and misconceptions surrounding it."-Gloria Killian, exonerée and co-author of Full Circle: A True Story of Murder, Lies, and Vindication, " Proof of Guilt is a fascinating book that details the case of Barbara Graham and also explores the issue of the execution of women. Although the Graham case occurred decades ago, Cairns brings Barbara Graham back to life in this compelling narrative. The book sheds new light on the issue of the death penalty and dispels many myths and misconceptions surrounding it."-Gloria Killian, exonerée and coauthor of Full Circle: A True Story of Murder, Lies, and Vindication
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Author's Note Introduction 1. A Murder in Burbank 2. A Life on the Lam 3. A Femme Fatale on Trial 4. Crime Doesn't Pay 5. An Execution in California 6. Executing Women in America 7. I Want to Live! 8. Due Process 9. Abolishing the Death Penalty 10. The Ultimate Penalty Notes Selected Bibliography
Copyright Date
2013
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2012-039747
Dewey Decimal
364.66092
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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