#Hangman&039;s Hall

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February 9, 1934 - Ten men, four states, nine electrocutions and a hanging.

It’s a sad and well-documented fact that America’s death penalty has often been applied as much over race and poverty as guilt or innocence. All too often those without the capital, be it social or financial, get the punishment. Seldom has that been more obvious than on February 9, 1934. The mid-1930’s were halcyon days for America’s executioners. In most states that had capital punishment (which…

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