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‘Refuses To Stay5 Execution Of z Condemned Negro°f GREENVILLE, Mlu. !.«*—Circuit. T--judge Artsur Jordan has refused' to stay the execution of condemned killer Meek Lewis.5. •. Lewie is sentenced to die Thurs* i.l. dav in the gee chamber for the6 I hitchhike murder of New Orleans salesman Kenneth Maann on the•b Gulf Coast.„p' The doomed man's attorneys contend he cannot die 1n the ga* chamber because he was convicted under a law that called for death by pT electrocution. 'Mississippi has done away with ,vJua electric chair in favor d a gas. , -s' chamber.— The It. B. Supreme Court has-refused to review the case, p Judge Jordan ruled yiwUN'day. I I the difference in execution methods [was insufficient cause to Issue a; ^ restraining order. .
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Hattiesburg American
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, US
Tue, Jun 21, 1955
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