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- Collection: Capital Punishment - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)
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John Brown's last speech
Abolitionist John Brown, about to be sentenced to death in 1859, addresses the court. Broadside sold at "The Liberator", Wm. Lloyd Garrison's newspaper.
Lethal Injection Bed
The lethal injection bed used in the "Old Main," the retired Southern part of the Penitentiary of New Mexico.
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.
Mugshot of Gee Jon
Mugshot of Gee Jon, taken in Nevada State Prison. Gee Jon was the first person to be executed by lethal gas in the United States.
Professor Stephen Vladeck
Photograph of Stephen Vladeck sitting in a chair speaking into a microphone