Teresa Lewis

Last night, Teresa Lewis was executed in Virginia.  The news stories I\’ve seen all lead with the rarety of the death penalty being applied to a woman: Lewis was the first woman executed since 2005, and only the 12th in the 34 years since the death penalty was reinstated.  There are questions about whether Lewis\’ execution will lead the way to more women on death row being executed, but that\’s not the most salient piece of the story.  What matters more are the circumstances of her case and whether they merited the sentence received. There is no...

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