US death penalty and John Spenkelink

Title

US death penalty and John Spenkelink

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

23 May 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:33

Description

Report on the scheduled execution of convicted murderer John Spenkelink, the first in Florida and second nationwide, after Gary Gilmore, since the 1976 US Supreme Court ruling allowing individual states to implement the death penalty. Includes appeals for clemency by Spenkelink, read by an unidentified female member of his defence team, and by his mother. Male reporter not identified (poss. Andrew Manderstam).

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam?

Keywords

USA; Death penalty; Gary Gilmore; John Spenkelink

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