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Lena Baker (June 8, 1900 – March 5, 1945) [1] was an African American maid in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States, who was convicted of capital murder of a white man, Ernest Knight. She was executed by the state of Georgia in 1945. [2] Baker was the only woman in Georgia to be executed by electrocution. [3] [2]
Dec 9, 2005 · Lena Baker was the first and only woman to be executed in Georgia’s electric chair. She was executed in 1945, after she was convicted of murdering a man who had imprisoned her. At the time of Baker’s execution, the Georgia prison system was under scrutiny for reform.
Jul 9, 2021 · The whole ordeal reportedly lasted four hours, and in the end, a jury of 12 White men found Lena Baker guilty and sentenced her to death. Her court-appointed lawyer didn’t call any witnesses on her behalf, and following the trial, he dropped the case and moved on.
Lena Baker was an African-American ...
In 1945 Lena Baker became the first, and to date only, woman to be executed in Georgia. Convicted of murdering her employer, Baker was sentenced to death despite her insistence that she acted in self-defense.
Lena Baker was an African American maid who was executed by electrocution for murder by the State of Georgia on March 5, 1945 for killing her employer, Ernest Knight on April 30, 1944.
The Lena Baker Story (The Only Woman Ever to be executed in Georgia) By Octavius Combs. Lena Baker born on June 8, 1900 to a poor, black family of sharecroppers and raised near Cuthbert, Georgia. Her family moved to the county seat when she was a child.
