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Issues of gender and class in the Mirror newspapers' campaign for the release of Edith Chubb (2009)
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Seal, L. (2009). Issues of gender and class in the Mirror newspapers' campaign for the release of Edith Chubb. Crime, Media, Culture, 5(1), 57-78. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741659008102062

In May 1958, Edith Chubb was tried at the Old Bailey for the murder of her sister-in-law, Lilian Chubb. She was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to four years' imprisonment. She claimed to have accidentally killed Lilian by pull... Read More about Issues of gender and class in the Mirror newspapers' campaign for the release of Edith Chubb.