and the only one to die in the electric chair. Next Wednesday, March 5, will mark the 80th anniversary of Baker’s execution. “What happened to Lena Baker was typical for that time in our ...

Lena Baker said she acted in self-defense, but a jury of white men convicted her after a one-day trial. Baker is the only woman to have been executed in the state's electric chair. On Aug. 30 ...

CUTHBERT, Ga. (WALB) - A pardoning decades in the making. The story of Lena Baker, the only woman put to death by an electric chair in the state of Georgia, is still being set straight in the smal ...

ATLANTA - The only woman ever to die in Georgia's electric chair is receiving a headstone at a dedication ceremony, more than 65 years after she was executed. The Lena Baker dedication today at ...

Lena Baker claimed that she was being held against ... Now relatives of the only woman executed in Georgia’s electric chair are returning to Cuthbert to honor Baker and try to clear her name ...

A woman sent to the electric chair in the US state of Georgia 60 years ago is to receive a posthumous pardon. Lena Baker, a black woman who died aged 44, was convicted of killing white employer Ernest ...

April 1, 2008 Colquitt-- Lena Baker may not be a name you've heard before, but she holds a place in Georgia history. She was the only woman ever sent to the electric chair in Georgia.

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has decided to pardon Lena Baker and ... the pardon. While Baker was the only woman executed in the state’s electric chair, Lipscomb said at least ...