Lena Baker never had a chance ... It took the jury just six hours to hear the case and convict and sentence Baker to death. Cook said if this case had happened today, she doubts Baker would ...

is also based on actual events. To a point. And it, too, insists that the audience tussle with issues of crime, justice and, in Lena Baker’s case, how capital punishment can itself be criminal.

Lena Baker claimed that she was being held against ... “But the point is to restore political and civil rights and, in this case, I don’t know if that would be appropriate.” ...

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 ...

Lena Baker claimed she was being held against her ... but it was dropped after he withdrew from the case. John Cole Vodika, director of an Americus-based inmate advocacy program known as the ...

‘Hope & Redemption: The Lena Baker Story’ is a story of courage and perseverance, although story gaps which are never addressed lend to a bit of confusion for the viewer. Arnold ’s ...

Lena Baker was executed in Reidsville ... The governor gave the Board of Pardons and Parole 60 days to review the case, but records show Baker was denied clemency. Bishop said Baker is the ...

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has decided to pardon Lena Baker and plans ... a grievous error, as this case called out for mercy,” Lipscomb said. Baker was sentenced to die following ...