Yesteryears: 'Lightning-granted reprieve' gave inmate a few more weeks of life
An article revisiting a rape committed by Albert Jackson Jr., a black resident living in Charlottesville in 1952. Gregory Swanson, Jackson's lawyer and the first black person admitted to the University of Virginia's School of Law, fought to send his client to a mental institution rather than death row, but did not succeed. A lightning storm that damaged the power line to the electric chair delayed Jackson's execution.| Subject | |
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| Creator |
David A. Maurer
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| Source |
The Daily Progress
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| Publisher |
The Daily Progress
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| Date |
2016-04-26
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| Tags | race |
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| Date Added | July 1, 2016 |
| Date Modifed | October 17, 2017 |
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