Corrine Sykes

In 1946, Corrine Sykes was executed for stabbing a Philadelphia housewife
(Mrs Freeda Wodlinger, for whom she worked as a maid)

http://www.dominionpost.com/a/news/2000/11/15/bk/
First black woman executed in pennsylvania (?)

In this account, the author attempts to shift blame onto a man:

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