Convicted (with accomplices) of the 1939 murder of Robert Lee in Sacramento. She was the leader of a small criminal gang. Executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison on November 21, 1941. The case received national attention as the first execution of a woman in California.
Background
Juanita Spinelli was an American woman convicted of murder and the first woman executed in the California gas chamber.
Contemporary California and national news coverage of the 1939 murder, 1940-1941 trial, and 1941 execution
California prison and execution historical records
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