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Numbers follow many convicts to the grave
An Oklahoma prison cemetery features rows of headstones bearing only numbers, with a few named inmates. The piece recalls W 20391 and others, notes executions or deaths, and follows the story of Michael Lancaster and Claude Dennis who escaped and were killed after a nationwide manhunt.
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Oklahoma Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Plains
Michael Lancaster
Chaney Funeral Home
Lancaster
Claude Eugene Dennis
McAlester Penitentiary
Deep South
Caddo
Okla
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow
America