Rainey Bethea
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| Gender | Female |
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| Death | 87 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 16,1909 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Roanoke |
| Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | August 14,1936 |
| Died | Owensboro |
| Kentucky | |
| United States | |
| Buried | Rosehill-Elmwood Cemetery & Mausoleum, Kentucky, United States |
| Conviction | Rape |
| Criminal status | Capital punishment |
| Criminal penalty | Death by hanging |
| Place of burial | Rosehill-Elmwood Cemetery & Mausoleum, Kentucky, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Convict | Rape |
| Crimin status | Executed |
| Known for | Being the final person to be publicly executed in the United States |
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| ID | 712062 |
Rainey Bethea Life story
Rainey Bethea, was the last person publicly executed in the United States. Bethea, who confessed to the rape and killing of a 70-year-old woman named Lischia Edwards, was convicted of her rape and publicly hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky.
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