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Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1972

Page

2

Death row inmates cheer Supreme Court ruling on ban

The Supreme Court barred capital punishment prompting elation in prisons and mixed reactions among officials. Inmates at Raiford and Holman heard the decision via radio and expressed joy while governors and lawmakers weighed reinstating the death penalty in certain cases.

U.S Supreme Court Lucious Jackson Jr Mississippi Bill Waller Florida Raiford Prison James Tompkins Walter Capps Holman Prison Mobile Ala Jackson Georgia Reidsville Inter Henrietta Butler New York Marilyn Dobrolewski Toledo Ohio Media John S. J. Brooks Dan Evans Washington Evans Waller News Confermee Lester Maddox Lucious Jackson Savannah U. S. Supreme Court

Logan County advocates speed Bailey Dam completion

A Logan County citizens group denounces nine years of flooding and urges rapid completion of the Bailey Dam near Justice, stating the project is only 37 percent finished and demanding mobilization of state and federal entities to end annual floods since 1957.

Logan County J. D. Bailey Justice R. D Bailey Dam Logan W. Va

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