The Forgotten Population
A Look at Death Row in the United States
through the Experiences of Women
Published jointly by AFSC’s National Criminal Justice Program, the ACLU Capital Punishment Project and the Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, The Forgotten Population describes the living conditions and reviews the cases of the women on death row in the United States.
The report explores issues of official misconduct, inadequate defense counsel, backgrounds of poverty, alcoholism, drug abuse, physical and sexual abuse, mental retardation, and mental illness.
Paperback; 28 pages.
Available for free download in English and Spanish.
Print copies: $5.
Order from the AFSC National Criminal Justice Program,
1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
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