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Charity Lamb (kimanin 1818 - 1879) wata Ba’amurkiya ce da ta tsira daga cin zarafin gida, wacce ita ce mace ta farko da aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa a yankin Oregon. Ta yi tafiya zuwa yamma daga North Carolina ta hanyar Oregon Trail, kafin ta zauna kusa da birnin Oregon tare da mijinta da 'ya'yanta shida. A ranar 13 ga Mayu, 1854, Lamb ta raunata mijinta ta hanyar dukansa sau biyu a bayan kansa da gatari. Jita-jita, da bayanan da masu gabatar da kara suka gabatar a shari'ar, sun nuna cewa tana da hannu a wata budurwa, wacce Charity da wataƙila 'yarta 'yar shekara goma sha ɗaya suka gabatar, ita ma an wanke ta daga kisan watanni biyu da suka gabata. Masu kare hakkin sun yi jayayya cewa mijinta yana da dogon tarihin cin zarafin gida, kuma an aikata kisan ne don kare kansa, ko kuma saboda tsoron da ya kai ga hauka, wanda hakan ya nuna shari'arta a matsayin misali na farko na kare cin zarafin.￼

An same ta da laifin kisan kai na biyu kuma an yanke mata hukuncin aiki tuƙuru a gidan yarin Jihar Oregon. A shekara ta 1862, an tura ta Asibitin Oregon don mahaukaci. Ta mutu a can a shekara ta 1879, kuma mai yiwuwa an binne ta a kusurwar dukiyar.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Charity Lamb a shekara ta  a Arewacin Carolina .  Ba a san inda ba, amma Charity yana da wasu makaranta, kuma yana iya karatu da rubutu.

Ta auri Nathaniel Lamb, manomi, a 1837, kuma an haifi ɗansu na fari Mary Ann kusan watanni goma bayan haka. A shekara ta 1850 suna zaune a White, Missouri tare da yara huɗu. A shekara ta 1852, iyalin sun fara tafiya ta watanni biyar a kan Oregon Trail kuma daga ƙarshe sun zauna kusan kilomita 10 (16  zuwa Kogin Clackamas daga Birnin Oregon, inda suka sami takardar shaidar ƙasa zuwa kadada 318 (129 .  A shekara ta 1854, iyalin suna da 'ya'ya shida; Mary Ann da' ya'ya maza biyar.

 Kisan Nathaniel Lamb 
Nathaniel zai mutu mako guda bayan haka, kuma an yi binciken gawa. An kai gawar Nathaniel zuwa cocin yankin, wanda kuma ya ɗauki kula da yaran. An fara yada jita-jita cewa Charity da 'yarta mai shekaru 17 Mary Ann an yaudare su da wani mai balaguro mai suna Collins, tare da shi za su tsere zuwa California, kuma an yi kisan ne don neman wannan ƙarshen. 

Watanni biyu bayan mutuwar Nathaniel a ranar 10 ga watan Mayu, an ba da tuhuma ga Charity da 'yarta matashiya.

 Shari'a 
A ranar 13 ga Yuli, 1854, Lamb ya bayyana a Kotun Gundumar Amurka a Birnin Oregon .  Wani lauya da kotu ta nada ya wakilce ta kuma babban alƙalin shi ne Cyrus Olney .   An riga an wanke 'yarta kwanaki da suka gabata a cikin shari'ar da ta dauki kasa da rana, kuma an nada lauyoyin da suka wakilci Mary Ann don wakiltar Charity. An tuhume ta da kisan kai, tuhumar da ta ɗauki hukuncin kisa, kuma ba ta ce komai ba lokacin da aka tambaye ta don yin kira ga tuhumar. Za ta jira wasu karin watanni biyu a hannun kurkukun yankin, domin za a gudanar da shari'ar a watan Satumba. 

Lokacin da aka fara shari'ar, ta isa kotu tana ɗauke da jaririnta a hannunta. Jaridar Oregonian ta bayyana ta a matsayin "mai laushi da sallow, kuma ta lalace kamar kwarangwal". Yanzu ta ce ba ta da laifi. Shari'ar za ta dauki kwanaki shida.

A cikin Zaɓin juri, duk sai shida daga cikin mazajen mazajen da za su iya zama masu juriya an kawar da su, kuma dole ne sheriff ya zaɓi ƙarin 'yan takara daga ƙungiyar masu kallo. Masu gabatar da kara sun binciki 'yan takarar, suna tambayar ko suna da nuna bambanci don goyon bayan "jima'i mafi kyau" ko kuma "yana buƙatar ƙarin shaidu don hukunta mace fiye da yadda ake buƙata don hukunta namiji".

 Shari'a 
Game da batun niyyar, masu kare sun juya ga batun Collins, matafiyi da jaridu suka ruwaito, wanda ya kamata ya yaudari Charity ko Mary Ann, ko watakila duka biyun. Kimanin mako guda kafin kisan, Nathaniel ta gano wata wasika zuwa ga Collins, wanda ɗayan ya rubuta, ko kuma Charity ya rubuta a madadin 'yarta. Nathaniel ko Mary Ann sun lalata wasikar bayan gano ta. Masu gabatar da kara sun yi jayayya cewa yanayin kisan, kai hari daga baya yayin da wanda aka azabtar ya zauna, ya nuna cewa an shirya shi, kuma cewa Charity, wanda ba shi da farin ciki kuma ya ware a kan iyaka, bai nuna nadama ba bayan gaskiyar.

 Tsaro 
Tsaronta ya wakilci daya daga cikin shari'o'in da aka fi sani da cutar cin zarafin ma'aurata da kuma kare cin zarafin.[1][2] Biyu daga cikin 'ya'yan Charity sun shaida cewa mahaifinsu sau da yawa ya buge ta, tare da daya daga cikin yaran ya ba da labarin cewa ya yi mata hari da guduma.[1][2] Lamb ya shaida cewa ya yi ƙoƙari ya sa mata guba kuma sau da yawa yana barazanar ta da tashin hankali.[2] Makon da ya gabata kafin a kashe shi, mijin Lamb ya yi iƙirarin cewa yana da niyyar kashe ta, ya bar iyalin, kuma ya tafi California.[2] An ruwaito a lokacin shari'ar, cewa yayin da yake tafiya a kan Oregon Trail, Charity ya ɗauki bindigar Nathaniel a kan jirgin, don hana shi amfani da ita a kanta bayan ya yi barazanar kashe ta.[3][4] Ɗansu Thomas ya ba da shaida game da abubuwan da suka faru a safiyar kisan:￼

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