Joanna B Spanos Joanna B Spanos
Biographic Data
| ID | 8478990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joanna B Spanos Joanna B Spanos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joanna B Spanos Joanna B |
| FAMILY NAME | Spanos |
| SIGNATURE | SPANOS J B S J B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Pardon or Punish? Legal and Community Interpretations of a Nineteenth-Century Infanticide
This article discusses the 1809 conviction of Susanna Cox for first-degree murder following the death of her newborn son. It uses sources from history and oral tradition in order to examine the case’s long- and short-term ramifications for political and social interpretations of capital punishment within Pennsylvania. I explore the impact one case could have on legal history, the treatment of accused and convicted women, issues of linguistic sepa…
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Pardon or Punish? Legal and Community Interpretations of a Nineteenth-Century Infanticide
This article discusses the 1809 conviction of Susanna Cox for first-degree murder following the death of her newborn son. It uses sources from history and oral tradition in order to examine the case’s long- and short-term ramifications for political and social interpretations of capital punishment within Pennsylvania. I explore the impact one case could have on legal history, the treatment of accused and convicted women, issues of linguistic sepa…
American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Capital (architecture (1 work) · Capital punishment (1 work) · Commonwealth (1 work) · Conviction (1 work) · Criminology (1 work) · Ethnic group (1 work) · History (1 work) · History (1 work) · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (1 work)