(WOMENSENEWS)–CheersLena Baker, an African American woman who was executed by electric chair in 1945 for killing E.B. Knight, a white man who enslaved and abused her, will be pardoned by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, reported The Associated Press on Tuesday. Baker, the first and only woman to be killed by the state’s electric chair, is still considered guilty for the crime, but should have been granted clemency, said the board’s spokesperson, Scheree Lipscomb. Baker’s great nephew went to a prison rights group directed by John Cole Vodicka seeking justice for his great aunt who, in an act of self defense, shot Knight with his own gun while he was beating her.”Although in some ways it’s 60 years too late, it’s gratifying to see that this blatant instance of injustice has finally been recognized for what it was–a legal lynching,” said Vodicka, of the Georgia-based Prison and Jail Project. The pardon will occur in a presentation to Baker’s successors on Aug. 30.Other News to Cheer this Week:First Lady Laura Bush hired the first woman ever to serve as head chef of the White House, Reuters reported Sunday.