August 16th: Virginia Christian Executed (1912)
A trial can change drastically depending on when and where it takes place. On August 16th 1912 a young girl was executed for a crime that, had she been brought to trial today, would have seen a totally different outcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Christian, https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/christian-virginia.html, https://academic.oup.com/jsh/article-abstract/47/4/922/2871019?redirectedFrom=fulltext, http://www.rowdiva.com/Virginia.html, https://morbidology.com/the-execution-of-virginia-christian/, https://vpm.org/news/articles/2280/forsaken-and-the-execution-of-virginia-christian
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