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First Arizona execution by gas chamber

Arizona Capitol Reports Staff//March 28, 2008//[read_meter]

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First Arizona execution by gas chamber

First Arizona execution by gas chamber

Arizona Capitol Reports Staff//March 28, 2008//[read_meter]

In the October election of 1933, the electorate changed the method of execution in Arizona from hanging to the gas chamber. One reporter said watching the use of gas “…appeared...

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