On December 8th, 1905, Mary Mabel Rogers became the last woman executed in the state of Vermont. Separated from her husband, Marcus Rogers, Mary had become pregnant and needed to escape one marriage in order to enter another. Murder was her solution. Despite her guilt, thousands rallied for Mary’s sentence to be commuted to life in prison and revolted at the court’s final decision. Jump into this fascinating case of death penalty history and find out why Mary’s trial was one of the cases responsible for Vermont abolishing the death penalty.
On December 8th, 1905, Mary Mabel Rogers became the last woman executed in the state of Vermont. Separated from her husband, Marcus Rogers, Mary had become pregnant and needed to escape one marriage in order to enter another. Murder was her solution. Despite her guilt, thousands rallied for Mary’s sentence to be commuted to life in prison and revolted at the court’s final decision. Jump into this fascinating case of death penalty history and find out why Mary’s trial was one of the cases responsible for Vermont abolishing the death penalty.
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