Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The legal system should consider unique circumstances when sentencing mothers who kill their children, focusing on mitigating factors such as mental state, abuse history, and societal pressures, rather than applying uniform punishments.
Disciplines
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Law | Law and Gender | Psychiatry and Psychology
Recommended Citation
Janet Ford,
Susan Smith and Other Homicidal Mothers-In Search of the Punishment that Fits the Crime,
3
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
521
(1996).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol3/iss2/15
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