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Word: morelock (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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plea, which normally enables the accused to avoid the death penalty, Samuel Barlow, 18, Foster Tarver, 17, and Sharon Wiggins, 17, were sentenced to die in the electric chair for first-degree murder. To be sure, the three had not shown any mercy to George Morelock, a bank customer who was shot six times when he advanced toward Sharon after being ordered to stand against a wall. "This was a murder in cold blood," said one of the three judges who handed down the death sentence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Criminal Justice: Are Courts More Severe With Black Defendants? | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

...JEFF MORELOCK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 15, 1967 | 9/15/1967 | See Source »

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