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William Jones sentenced to thirty years in North Carolina
William Jones of High Point was convicted of second degree murder for killing a woman in his yard after a day of drinking and infidelity. The court rejected clemency pleas, noting Jones kept his wife and six children with him and describing the case as a blot on civilization.
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