BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 5th of March 1945 79 years ago |
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Murderess Lena Baker is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 45 in Georgia State Prison, Georgia Highway 147, Reidsville, Georgia, United States. Baker was held as a 'slave woman' by her employer Ernest Knight and she shot him in self-defense during a struggle. Baker was the only woman in Georgia to be executed by electrocution. |
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