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social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > offenders > prisoners > Karla Faye Tucker
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Karla Faye Tucker  

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  • Karla Faye Tucker was convicted and sentenced to death in Texas in 1983 for the murders of her ex-lover, Jerry Lynn Dean, and his companion, Deborah Thornton. Tucker's case sparked a worldwide debate regarding clemency and the death penalty, women and capital punishment, religious conversion in prison, rehabilitation, and retribution. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Tucker, Karla Faye (1959–1998)]

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