The State of Georgia was left reeling in 1922 as the question of whether a woman’s sex should spare her from the death penalty hung in the balance. The case of Cera Leu Vinsen, a woman convicted of murdering her husband, had the nation on edge. Vinsen’s husband had sought a divorce, sparking a deadly confrontation that would change the course of Georgia’s history. In a shocking turn of events, the Georgia governor had initially commuted Vinsen’s sentence to life in prison, but a subsequent review overturned the decision, and she was sentenced to death, becoming the first woman to face the electric chair in the state since 1872.
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Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Category: Violent Crime
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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