Axis Sally found guilty of treason.......... Mildred ' Axis Sally ' Gillars , escorted by deputy US Marshals , is shown leaving the US District Court , Washington , after she was found guilty of treason by a Federal Court jury which had deliberated her fate for more than 28 hours . " Sally " faces a possible sentence from 5 years to death in the electric chair , although it is not expected that the death sentence will be passed . 1949