The Last Woman Executed in Vermont: Mary Mabel Rogers
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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Sources:
- You can find the Audiobook by Vance Savage (Mary Mabel Rogers’ Great Nephew) here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQQGw60Ecoaq7c-cHGZUIA
- https://www.timesargus.com/news/local/the-hanging-of-mary-rogers/article_f126f464-484b-56ab-90ae-77399208692a.html
- https://www.suecoletta.com/killing-mary-mabel-rogers/
- https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/mary-rogers-brings-the-capital-punishment-wars-to-vermont/
- https://murderpedia.org/female.R/r/rogers-mary-mabel.htm
- https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/present-at-the-execution/article_027e35c4-463e-5346-90dc-5cdbd0971a7e.html
- https://hls.harvard.edu/today/cases-in-brief-furman-v-georgia-with-carol-steiker/
- https://crimescribe.com/2020/12/08/on-this-day-in-1908-and-1954-mary-rogers-and-donald-dem
- ag-vermonts-first-and-last-20th-century-executions/
- The Barre Daily Times - 31 Oct 1905, Tue · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/786621499/
- St. Albans Weekly Messenger - 07 Dec 1905, Thu · Page 7 https://www.newspapers.com/image/443765286/?terms=mary%20rogers&match=1
- Bennington Banner - 07 Dec 1968, Sat · Page 5 https://www.newspapers.com/image/546791267/?terms=mary%20rogers&match=1
- Bennington Banner - 04 Dec 1884, Thu · Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/490846627/
- Bennington Banner - 08 Dec 1953, Tue · Page 23 https://www.newspapers.com/image/604159322/
- The Burlington Free Press - 29 Apr 1905, Sat · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/197254760/
- The Burlington Free Press - 20 May 1905, Sat · Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/197225484/
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