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Women on Death Row

(as of 1/1/2014) State Total White Black Latina American Indian Asian…

guilt

(Encyclopedia) guilt, in psychology, a term denoting an unpleasant feeling associated with unfulfilled wishes. Sigmund Freud initially contended that sexual drives produce sense of guilt in the…

pardon

(Encyclopedia) pardon, in law, exemption from punishment for a criminal conviction granted by the grace of the executive of a government. A general pardon to a class of persons guilty of the same…

crime

(Encyclopedia) crime: see criminal law; criminology; gang; juvenile delinquency; organized crime.

punishment

(Encyclopedia) punishment: see capital punishment; corporal punishment; criminal law; prison.

exile, in politics and government

(Encyclopedia) exile, removal of a national from his or her country, or the civilized parts of it, for a long period of time or for life. Exile may be a forceful expulsion by the government or a…

counterfeiting

(Encyclopedia) counterfeiting, manufacturing spurious coins, paper money, or evidences of governmental obligation (e.g., bonds) in the semblance of the true. There must be sufficient resemblance to…