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Saturday, March 20, 2010
First woman executed by electric chair
On March 20, 1899, Martha Place, convicted of the murder of her step-daughter, became the first woman to die in the electric chair. The execution was carried out at New York's Auburn Prison.
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The Last Stop: Women in the Electric Chair
, from Court TV.
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