'On Griffin Alley, The Trial Of Lena Baker'

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. 

Born: June 8, 1900, Cuthbert, GA

Died: March 5, 1945, Georgia State Prison

Children: Nelsie Baker, Edna Baker, James Edward Baker

Place of burial: Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery, GA

Conviction(s): Capital murder (posthumously pardoned)

Criminal penalty: Death

Criminal status: Executed; (March 5, 1945; 77 years ago); Pardoned; (August 16, 2005)

Connie Winston's website:

https://www.conniewinston.com/about-connie/

Baker's posthumous burial:

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4818124