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A Woman on Death Row
Author: Velma Barfield
ISBN: 286662
Publication Date: 1985
Pages: 175
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Publisher: World Wide Publications
Book Type: Paperback
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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.