Australia - Calls for Elizabeth Woolcock to be posthumously pardoned more than 150 years after her execution in December 1873

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Calls to clear name of woman hanged for poisoning 'abusive' husband

Elizabeth Woolcock is recognised as the only women ever to be hanged in SA. But researchers believe she was sent to the gallows in 1873 an innocent woman.

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Calls for Elizabeth Woolcock to be posthumously pardoned more than 150 years after her execution​

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Researchers and legal experts believe there are grounds for convicted murderer Elizabeth Woolcock to be posthumously pardoned.

Woolcock is recognised as the only woman to be hanged in SA, found guilty of poisoning her husband with mercury in 1873.

For Leeza Peters, who has spent 40 years researching and writing about the story, it is a haunting moment.

The circumstances which led to Woolcock's execution have been questioned since her death in December 1873.

Ms Peters, along with a group of legal experts, believe she was sent to the gallows an innocent woman and are making a final attempt for a posthumous pardon.