Lena Baker (June 8, 1900 – March 5, 1945) was an African American maid in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States, who was convicted of capital murder of her white employer, 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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8 June 1901 Cuthbert, Georgia, United States
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Died |
5 March 1945 (aged 43) Reidsville, Georgia
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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