Brenda Hodge (born 1951) is an Australian who is notable as the last person to be sentenced to death in Australia.
After taking her to a park, he raped her, telling her that her mother had allowed him to have sex with her in exchange for alcohol money.
After escaping, she was sent between mental hospitals and reformatories, until her biological father contacted her, inviting her to live with him in Brisbane.
She started working in various places throughout Queensland, moving to Darwin and eventually, Western Australia.
In August 1984, she was found guilty of wilful murder and was sentenced to death by Justice Pidgeon.
After the state of Western Australia abolished the death penalty Hodge's sentence was commuted to life in prison.
She learnt to touch type and enrolled in English and literature courses as well as a TAFE trade apprenticeship in cooking.
Her autobiography, WALK ON: The remarkable true story of the last person sentenced to death in Australia was published in 2005.
[1] Shortly after Hodge's sentence, Western Australia became the last state to remove the death penalty for murder.