Entries tagged with “Brittany Holberg”
Women
,Sep 11, 2025
Gender and Capital Punishment: Scholarly Article Examines How Gender Affects Outcomes for Women in Death Penalty Cases
In“Gendered Capital Punishment,” Cornell Law School Clinical Professor Sandra Babcock examines how the gender of actors in capital cases affects outcomes for women defendants. Professor Babcock’s research documents that 96% of women currently sentenced to death in the US were prosecuted by male prosecutors, 89% appeared before male judges, and more than one-third had exclusively male decision-makers throughout their cases. These statistics are relevant, says…
Death Row
Women
,Aug 25, 2023
Two Amicus Briefs Argue That Gender Bias Denied Two Death-Sentenced Women Fair Trials
In July 2023, legal scholars, a civil rights group, and various organizations which advocate for victims of domestic and gender-based violence filed amicus briefs in support of two death-sentenced female prisoners, Brenda Andrew and Brittany Holberg. Both amicus briefs allege that gender bias in their cases denied…