Word: murderesses
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...trial the public prosecutor, in addressing the jury, said he saw no place for extenuating circumstances, but added: "The mother of the dead asks you, gentlemen of the jury, through me, to grant such circumstances to the murderess of her son. So grant them, but give a firm, clear and just verdict...
There is some doubt as to the verdict which the Nashville murderess is to receive, but if the general opinion of the movie public were consulted, the act might well be considered "justifiable homicide". Men have been killed upon much less provocation in this country before. And were the lady to be let off scot-free and undoubted interest would be added at all performances in the future. Heretofore most movie-murders have been perpetrated on the screen, and the audience has contented itself with a passively vicarious thrill. Recently, even, melodrama has slopped over on to the stage producing...
...convicted murderess as feature writer for Papers-for-People-Who-Think...