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First Woman in 200 Years Scheduled for Execution in Tennessee
Frankfurter Allgemeine

First Woman in 200 Years Scheduled for Execution in Tennessee

A 50-year-old woman, sentenced to death for a 1996 murder, is set to be executed in Tennessee this week, marking the first execution of a woman in over 200 years. Human rights organizations are campaigning to halt the execution.

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