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A Topeka State Journal article reports on Governor George Docking's opposition to capital punishment. Docking commuted the death sentence of Bobby Joe Spencer to life in prison. Spencer was sentenced to death by the Wyandotte County District Court for killing his landlady. The Governor's strong opposition to capital punishment partly explains the eight year hiatus on state-sponsored executions in Kansas between 1954-1962.
Creator: Topeka State Journal Company
Date: April 12, 1960
Item Number: 208962
Call Number: Microfilm: T1790--The Topeka State Journal
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208962
Collections - Library
Date - 1960s - 1960
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Punishment - Death penalty
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Docking, George
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - Notable Kansans - Docking, George, 1904-1964
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Thematic Time Period - Eisenhower Years, 1946 - 1961
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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