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Show Two Hanged For Killing Officer Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. Mrs. Florence Lassandra and Emilio Pic-carrlllo Pic-carrlllo were hanged for the murder of Constable Lawson last September. Both protested their innocence on the gallows. Piccarrillo paid the penalty first and 41 minutes later Mrs. Lassandra Las-sandra was executed. She was the first woman to be hanged in Canada In 24 years, and the fifth since confederation. con-federation. Constable Lawson was slain at the Coleman provincial police po-lice headquarters after an unsuccessful unsuccess-ful attempt by the police to capture Plccarillo and hi3 son, Steve, with an automobile load of liquor which they were alleged to have run through Crow's Nest Pas3. |