... in Galena, Missouri. In May 1937, Roscoe (Red) Jackson, who had been convicted of murdering a traveling salesman for his car and eighteen dollars, was hanged at dawn in the town's courthouse square in front of several hundred witnesses. In order to prevent children and drunks from attending the hanging, local ... innocent people are sometimes executed and the brutalizing effect executions have on society may result in more murders. People concerned with the escalating fear of violence believe that capital punishment is a good way to fight that trend. Prosecutors must reveal the dirty litt...

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