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Oxford, Georgia resident, W. R. Branham, writes the Kansas State Prison Commission of Topeka (Shawnee County) for information on the effect the abolition of capital punishment has had on murder rates in Kansas. Kansas abolished its first capital punishment law in 1907 and did not reinstate legal executions until the 1935. Prior to 1907, the state hanged nine persons under state law between 1863 and 1870. No state executions occurred between 1870 and 1932, although historians suggest that as many as ninety illegal executions (lynching) occurred in the state during that period. See William Eaton Hutchison to W. R. Branham, March 23, 1925.
Creator: Branham, W. R.
Date: March 20, 1925
Item Number: 207812
Call Number: Governor's Records--Paulen, Box 3 Folder 10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 207812
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Paulen, Benjamin Sanford
Date - 1920s - 1925
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Paulen, Benjamin Sanford
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Paulen, Ben Sanford, 1869-1961
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Georgia
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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