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Capital punishment

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Folder 3: Tallahassee Democrat, September 1984, Sep-84

 File — Box 5, Folder: 3
Collection number: Folder 3
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Various newspaper clippings of articles by Margaret Leonard: Topics covered include the selection of judges, death penalty, prison news, standardized testing, day care, jury selection, and fingerprinting of School employees.

Dates: Created: Sep-84
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-126, Margaret Leonard / Long Collection / Box 5: Newspaper Clippings, 1982-1994

Folder 4: Tallahassee Democrat, October 1984, Oct-84

 File — Box 5, Folder: 4
Collection number: Folder 4
Other Information

Articles by Margaret Leonard about local news, prisoners, death row, "Amendment 9" (doctor fees/suits limitations), hospitals, schools.

Dates: Created: Oct-84
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-126, Margaret Leonard / Long Collection / Box 5: Newspaper Clippings, 1982-1994

Folder 5: Tallahassee Democrat, November 1984, Nov-84

 File — Box 5, Folder: 5
Collection number: Folder 5
Other Information

Article clippings by Maragaret Leonard including politics, death row, prison, crime, law and punishment.

Dates: Created: Nov-84
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-126, Margaret Leonard / Long Collection / Box 5: Newspaper Clippings, 1982-1994

Folder 6: Tallahassee Democrat, December 1984, Dec-84

 File — Box 5, Folder: 6
Collection number: Folder 6
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Newspaper articles: Execution date for "disturbed" inmate re-considered. Chinese resteraunt sued w/food poisoning. Unamed millionaire "called-out" in article. Legislators OK child-care bill.

Dates: Created: Dec-84
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-126, Margaret Leonard / Long Collection / Box 5: Newspaper Clippings, 1982-1994

Folder 7: Tallahassee Democrat, January 1985, Jan-85

 File — Box 5, Folder: 7
Collection number: Folder 7
Other Information

Articles by Margaret Leonard on prisoners, execution, babies, rape, courts, MLK, drugs, local news, and Florida Growth.

Dates: Created: Jan-85
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-126, Margaret Leonard / Long Collection / Box 5: Newspaper Clippings, 1982-1994

Folder 9: Tallahassee Democrat, March 1985, Mar-85

 File — Box 5, Folder: 9
Collection number: Folder 9
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Articles relating to doctor malpractice, Florida, legal system, medical care for prisoners, and the education system

Dates: Created: Mar-85
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-126, Margaret Leonard / Long Collection / Box 5: Newspaper Clippings, 1982-1994

Old Berrien Newsletter, Volume 2, Number 1 (Spring 2008): “The Last Hanging in the Old County Jail”, Spring 2008

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Collection number: ca-012-002-003
Description This issue focuses on “The Last Hanging in the Old County Jail,” documenting the 1909 execution of Marshall Lewis in the Berrien County Jail in Nashville, Georgia. The newsletter recounts the murder of assistant postmaster Clifford Rutherford during a burglary in Lenox on April 26, 1909, Lewis’s arrest, trial, confession, and execution. It includes extensive excerpts from The Nashville Herald describing the investigation, the public response, and the legal proceedings leading to the July 9,...
Dates: Spring 2008
Found in: Community Archives Digitization, Access, and Preservation Program / CA-012, Berrien County Historical Foundation / Old Berrien: Newsletter of the Berrien Historical Foundation