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Murder in the Montgomery Advertiser, 1900 & 1920

Makes effort for saving convict

Item

Title
Makes effort for saving convict
Source
The Montgomery Advertiser (AL)
Date
1/4/20
page
29
Identifier
Image 29 of The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), January 4, 1920 | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
Crime
Murder
Subject
murder of a guard; re-hear case
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offender
Race of alleged victim
white alleged victim
Gender of alleged victim
Male alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
sentencing
Location
Out of state; Washington
Length of story
59
Description
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Further steps to save the life of Robert F. Stroud, a convict, at Leavenworth penitentiary under sentence of death for murder of a guard, were taken today when the supreme court was asked to rehear his case on the grounds that 'the court based its first opinion sustaining his conviction on a misconstruction of the facts.
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