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Book Review of Woman on Death Row

Woman on Death Row
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Velma Barfield, the first woman in 22 years to be executed in the United States, was convicted of murdering 4 people, including her mother and fiance.
Barfield never once denied her guilt, haveing experienced conversion in her jail cell while awaiting trial. Barfiels candidly talks about her abused childhood in rural NC and traces her life through her drug dazed homocides and 6 years on death row.