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The Execution
In the U.S., where Chessman's long battle of appeals was generally viewed as an unprecedented testing of the patience of justice, there was little emotional reaction. Abroad, he was still the symbol of the crusade against capital punishment. In Lisbon, demonstrators hurled rocks, broke windows in the U.S...
Moments after the deathly pale figure moved for the last time, his head slumped on his chest, one of the associate wardens broke the silence in San Quentin's execution witness room, announced firmly: ''That's all, gentlemen."
Execution at 10. With a rifle butt, the militia commander prodded old Wong until he was satisfied that Wong really could not move. Then, on command, one soldier stepped forward, shot Wong through the head. As Kou and the other commune workers watched, the soldiers trussed Wong's wrists...
The issues are not new; the activity on their behalf is. What is there about this year that has made it so fruitful for the political conscience of American undergraduates? Without doubt many factors are involved: the end of the atmosphere of terror that pervaded the McCarthy era, the particularly...