HIST 3850 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: William Heirens, Sodium Thiopental, Duct Tape
6 Feb 2018
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Josephine ross, 43 june 5th, 1945: northside, stabbed in the neck, wounds covered by duct tape, cleaned of blood. The lipstick killer: prosecuted by state attorney wm. George that had done the killings; still never implicated himself: held without food, sleep, access to attorney for 5 days; accused of fighting with intent to kill, 23 counts of burglary, robbery, and. William heirens, 2012: he died in illinois state prison, served a total of 66 years. Steven truscott, 1959: lynne harper, rape and murder, resulted in the death sentence of a 14-year-old boy in vancouver, Canada but he was reprieved and sentenced to life in prison instead: between 1989-19(cid:1013)(cid:1010), (cid:862)i(cid:374) a(cid:271)out (cid:1006)(cid:1009)% of the se(cid:454)ual assault (cid:272)ases referred to the fbi, the primary suspect has been excluded by dna. Testi(cid:374)g(cid:863: wrongful convictions in the us system as a whole amount to about 3-
