Editing Barbara Graham (section)

==Appeals and execution==
Graham, Santo, and Perkins were all sentenced to death for the robbery and murder. Graham appealed her sentence while at the [[California Institution for Women]] in [[Chino, California]]. Her appeals failed, and on June 2, 1955, she was transferred to [[San Quentin State Prison]]. On June 3, 1955, she was scheduled to be executed at 10:00&nbsp;a.m., but that was [[Stay of execution|stayed]] by California governor [[Goodwin J. Knight]] until 10:45&nbsp;a.m. At 10:43&nbsp;a.m., Knight stayed the execution until 11:30&nbsp;a.m. Graham protested, "Why do they torture me? I was ready to go at ten o'clock."<ref>{{cite book|last=Gillespie|first=L. Kay |title=Dancehall Ladies: The Crimes and Executions of America's Condemned Women|publisher=University Press of America|year=1997|pages=78|isbn=0-7618-0675-X}}</ref> At 11:28&nbsp;a.m. she was led from her cell and strapped in the gas chamber; she requested a [[blindfold]] so she would not have to look at the observers. Her last words were "Good people are always so sure they're right."<ref>{{cite book|last=Stout|first=Martha|title=The Sociopath Next Door: The Ruthless Versus the Rest of Us|publisher=Random House, Inc.|year=2006|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sociopathnextdoo00stou/page/97 97]|isbn=0-7679-1582-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/sociopathnextdoo00stou/page/97}}</ref> Advised that taking a deep breath after the [[cyanide]] pellets were dropped would make her death easier, she replied, "How the hell would you know?"{{sfn|Sifakis|2014|p=88}}<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-28-mn-229-story.html ''Los Angeles Times''; March 28, 1990] COLUMN ONE : Last Steps, Last Words on the Row : California has put 501 men and women to death since the state took charge of executions. Not all of them went quietly.&nbsp;&nbsp;(Retrieved January 3, 2016)</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=q26nCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA146 ''Murder in California: The Topography of Evil: Notorious California Murder Sites''] by Marques Vickers; page 146&nbsp;&nbsp;Retrieved January 3, 2016</ref>

Barbara Graham was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, San Rafael, California.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 6, 1955 |title=Husband, 10 Close Friends See Barbara Graham Buried |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/71881455/?article=2973c32d-1798-4d64-9afc-4da12a5be53a&terms=%22Barbara%20graham%22 |access-date=2025-01-30 |work=Daily Independent Journal |pages=5}}</ref>