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A Governor and the Six Pardons
A North Carolina governor faces a moral test over six youths sentenced to long terms for burglary, criminal assault, arson and infanticide. He considers home life and society’s neglect, then grants six pardons after hearing the plea that justice must address the child, not merely the crime.
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Edward Bond
Eugene Race
Milton Jones
Henry Turner
Albert George
James Elton
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Thomas W. Bickett
North Carolina