The last woman to hang: Part 1

In Black and White by audio@news.com.au

Jun 17, 202430:25Society & Culture

Jean Lee was sentenced to die by 12 good men and true for the gruesome torture and murder of an SP bookie in Carlton in 1949. But was the last woman executed in Australia just covering for her outlaw lover? Pentridge Pri...

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