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GI beats death penalty after changing pleaFT. LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A black Army prisoner, whose attorneys had announced they would challenge an Army court-martial’s right to impose the death penalty, pleads guilty Friday to a charge of raping the wife of a white officer.John Henry McCutchins, 24.’* of Sidney, Ohio, also pleaded guilty to attempted murder, parole violation and unlawful entry of a dwellingHe was accused of raping the woman Nov. 10 while he was a parolee at the Army’s disciplinary barracks. MeCutchms, a former enlisted man, was sentenced in 1969 to 20 years in the U. S. Disciplinary Bar racks here for the rape of a woman at Ft. Lewis, Washington.Under the armed forces legal code, the guilty plea means McCutchins faces a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Under the code, he would have faced the death penalty if he had maintained his innocence j throughout, but been convicted. J1
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Monessen Valley Independent
Monessen, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Feb 12, 1972
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