Lena Baker
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 80 years ago |
| Date of birth | June 8,1900 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | Cuthbert |
| Georgia | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | March 5,1945 |
| Died | Georgia State Prison |
| Criminal status | Capital punishment |
| Children | Nelsie Baker |
| James Edward Baker | |
| Edna Baker | |
| Place of burial | Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery, Georgia, United States |
| Convict | Capital murder |
| Crimin penalti | Death |
| Crimin status | Executed; ; Pardoned; (August 16, 2005) |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 689311 |
Lena Baker Life story
Lena Baker was an African American maid in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States, who was wrongfully 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.
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