I came across this by accident while looking for something else, but it is a fascinating story.
It's the life and death of the first woman executed in the United States, specifically by Massachusetts two years after Independence had been declared. I had never heard of the case and am happy for the serendipity of this discovery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba_Spooner
It leaves me wondering why the case hasn't developed a higher pop-culture profile than it has. The wiki article cites a single radio dramatization of it back in the 50s
Somebody ought to pick up on this!
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