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Jean Lee – The Last Woman to Hang in Australia

Jean Lee, an attractive 31-year-old redhead, made history as the last woman to hang in Australia when she went to the gallows in Pentridge Prison in the Coburg suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, on the morning of Monday, February 19th, 1951. She and her two male companions were hanged for the murder of 73-year-old dwelling house … Read more

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