For the Record - June 20, 1990
1962 execution--Due to an error in the California Almanac, the Sacramento File on May 30 incorrectly reported the name of the last woman executed at San Quentin prison and the date on which she died. Elizabeth Duncan was the last woman to die in the San Quentin gas chamber. She was executed on Aug. 8, 1962.
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