![]() ![]() Kate Southern's death sentence was eventually commuted to 10 years imprisonment, but the governor later pardoned Kate under pressure from the state's legislature" (Women and Capital Punishment in the United States, 2016). After her sentencing there was public outcry that if a man had committed the same crime he would probably have been acquitted under the theory that it was justifiable homicide to kill the seducer of an adulterous wife. As sociologist David Baker explains, "Her case sparked debate throughout the South about the treatment of women in the criminal justice system. Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain (Discovering America)Kate. Tarots of the Renaissance DeckAnonymous, Convict life in New South Wales and Van. Preganant at the time of the crime, Kate was portrayed in the newspapers (and in this pamphlet) as a virtuous woman defending her home and family. The Case of the Missing CatJerrod Begora, Quest For A Star: The Civil War. Kate Southern was sentenced to death for the murder by stabbing of a woman rumored to have been having an affair with her husband. Alone in her room, Louise starts to think about what will happen next. She then escapes to the tranquility of her room. The news of him dying in an accident shocks her and she starts to cry in her sisters arms. 3, 4735, for example), this sensationalized account does contain invented dialogue, but the crime and trial it describes were quite real and captivated the southern Georgia community in which they occurred. The story starts off when Louise Mallard first learns about her husbands death. ![]() Cheaply printed on acidic paper that is now browned and brittle, badly chipped along edges, rear wrapper detached. ![]()
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