death penalty
Date Submitted: 07/29/2004 11:24:10
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 14 pages (3868 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Government & Politics
Length: 14 pages (3868 words)
Mead Shumway of Nebraska, was convicted of the first degree murder of his employer's
wife on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to death by jury. His last words before
his execution were: "I am an innocent man. May God forgive everyone who said
anything against me." The next year, the victim's husband confessed on his deathbed
that he [the husband] had murdered his [own] wife (Radelet, Bedau, Putnam 347).
There are an uncertain numerous amount of incidents …
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