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Lena Baker (June 8, 1900 – March 5, 1945) was an African American maid in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States, who was convicted of capital murder of a white man, Ernest Knight. She was executed by the state of Georgia in 1945. Baker was the only woman in Georgia to be executed by electrocution.
30 de sept. de 2015 · Lena Baker, electrocutada en 1945, fue la última mujer en ser ejecutada en el estado de Georgia acusada de asesinato, pena que en 2005 fue oficialmente perdonada al considerarse que actuó en ...
8 de jul. de 2020 · Lena Baker was an African-American woman convicted of killing her white employer Ernest Knight by the State of Georgia in 1944 at the age of 44. The only woman executed in Georgia’s electric...
26 de ago. de 2005 · A black maid executed in Georgia in 1945 is being granted a pardon by the state for killing a white man she said enslaved her. Lena Baker said she acted in self-defense, but a jury of white men...
9 de dic. de 2005 · Lena Baker was the first and only woman executed in Georgia's electric chair in 1945, after killing a man who imprisoned her. Learn about her trial, sentence, execution, and posthumous pardon.
Lena Baker ( Cuthbert, 8 de juny de 1901 - Reidsville, 5 de març de 1945) [1] va ser una criada afroamericana de la població estatunidenca de Cuthbert (Geòrgia) ), que va ser condemnada per assassinat capital d'un home blanc, Ernest Knight. Va ser executada per l' estat de Geòrgia el 1945. [2] .
24 de feb. de 2015 · Por Devon M. Sayers. (CNN) -- Desde el caso de Lena Baker, una afroamericana condenada por asesinato en el condado de Randolph, Georgia no había ejecutado a una mujer. El estado tiene...
