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LANDER RAY GANTT, 31, licit}, ond Shelton H. Gainey, 24, (right), are scheduled to die in the South Carolina penitentiary electric chair March 5 lor the 1949 murder of Robert D. Oliver, Myitic Beach taiicab driver. Convicted in November, 1949, they staved off execution by o long series of appcols. The United States Supreme Court recently refused to review their ease. This week, Gov. James F. Byrnes ordered mental tests lor the two men ufter he hcord a pleo for commutation of their sentences to life imprisonment. Gantt is from Gostonio, N. C„ and Gainey from Harti-vill*. (AP photo)
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Florence Morning News

Florence, South Carolina, US

Fri, Mar 05, 1954

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