Any records of names of female killers in France before 1890, and after 1800? And possibly a good source for looking up names associated with the death penalty around this time?
I'm trying to figure what is considered realistic, and whether a woman getting the death penalty would break the suspension of disbelief, and whether courts are like today with mitigating factors or if it was death or not death.
I always got the impression after the revolution, death penalty for women was rarer than a needle in a haystack.
A long time ago I was going to set a mystery there, but kept sort of holding it off till I forgot about it.
I'm trying to figure what is considered realistic, and whether a woman getting the death penalty would break the suspension of disbelief, and whether courts are like today with mitigating factors or if it was death or not death.
I always got the impression after the revolution, death penalty for women was rarer than a needle in a haystack.
A long time ago I was going to set a mystery there, but kept sort of holding it off till I forgot about it.
