370 MURDERS IN NEW YORK
NOT A SINGLE EXECUTION
BREAKDOWN OF LAW SYSTEM.
-By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. New York, Dec. 18.
Three hundred and seventy persons have been 'murdered - in New' York City since January 1 and not a single criminal. has paid the death penalty. This situation is unprecedented for 41 years since the law prescribed electrocution, and illustrates • how completely the law has. broken down. ; . , *
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1930, Page 9
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