Capital Punishment - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)
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Capital Punishment - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)
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The Death Penalty: How Do Santa Cruzans Feel?
Newspaper article from the Santa Cruz Sentinel. The article is split between 7 columns and lines the top of the page.
George Stinney Jr., 1944. Dept. of Corrections,
Central Correctional Institution, Record of Prisoners
Awaiting Execution.
Mug shot of a young black man. George wears a baggy striped prisoner uniform with a placard labeled "260" hanging from his chest.
Lynching announcement. John Hartfield will be lynched.
The article is a full page. The article demonstrates the level of mob justice and racial violence and how such culture impacted executions, legal and illegal, at the time.