The Lady of Sing Sing by Idanna Pucci

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/88291 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lady of Sing Sing Author: Idanna Pucci Narrator: Lisa Flanagan, Idanna Pucci Format: mp3 Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins Release date: 03-10-20 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 14 ratings Genres: Activists Publisher's Summary: In 1895, a 22-year-old Italian seamstress named Maria Barbella was accused of murdering her lover, Domenico Cataldo, after he seduced her and broke his promise to marry her. Following a sensational trial filled with inept lawyers, dishonest reporters and editors, and a crooked judge repaying political favors, the illiterate immigrant became the first woman sentenced to the newly invented electric chair at Sing Sing, where she was also the first female prisoner. Enter Cora Slocomb, who launched the first campaign against the death penalty to save Maria.