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Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale, Illinois

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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1972

Page

14

Public's official witness ends barbarism talk in Texas death row

Don Reid, longtime Huntsville Item editor and public witness, has watched 189 men die in the electric chair since 1937. He says the Supreme Court ruling challenges capital punishment and prays for an end to what he calls barbarism as he describes the death row procedure and final moments.

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