Murder in The Morning Appeal and the Carson City Daily 1900 & 1920

Comparing how murder is depicted in the Evening times-Republican from the time periods of 1900 to 1920. In looking at the sentencing of convicted murderers the sentencing is very similar as those convicted of first-degree murder are sentenced to death or life imprisonment and, those connived of second-degree murder would be sentenced to life or serve no less than ten years in prison. The only difference is the nature of life imprisonment. While in Nevada a person is sentenced to just life in the state penitentiary while in Iowa, where the Evening times-Republican is from, the convicted was sentenced to hard labor for life in a penitentiary. Along with the charge of manslaughter. In Iowa if convicted, the person convicted would have to pay a fine of about one thousand dollars with being jailed for not longer than eight years, while in Nevada the person convicted is imprisoned for no longer than ten years.