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Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Subject contains "Capital punishment"
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Commutation of Sentence Decree from the State Board of Pardons, July 22, 1902

Commutation of Sentence Decree from the State Board of Pardons, July 22, 1902
Date
1902-07-22
Description
Commutation of J.B. Brown from death by hanging to life in prison.
Collection
Commutation of Sentence Decree from the State Board of Pardons, July 22, 1902

Commutation of Sentence Decree from the State Board of Pardons, July 22, 1902
Death Warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, 1933

Death Warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, 1933
Date
1933-03-13
Description
Death warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, addressed to Leonard Fielding Chapman, superintendent of the Florida State Prison at Raiford, as well as Sheriff Daniel E. Hardie of Dade County. On February 15, 1933, Zangara attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt as he gave a speech from the back of an open car in the Bayfront Park area of the city. He fired a total of five shots and wounded five people, including Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, who was standing on the running board of Roosevelt's car during the President-elect's speech. Zangara pleaded guilty to four counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to spend 80 years in prison. Following the death of Anton Cermak and another victim, Mabel Gill, Zangara was indicted for murder and sentenced to death. He was executed in Florida's electric chair at the State Prison on March 20, 1933.
Collection
Death Warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, 1933

Death Warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, 1933
Death Warrant with the Name Noah J. Tilghman Crossed Out and Replaced with J.B. Brown's Name, 1901

Death Warrant with the Name Noah J. Tilghman Crossed Out and Replaced with J.B. Brown's Name, 1901
Date
1901-01-16
Description
Death warrant signed by Governor William S. Jennings.
Collection
Death Warrant with the Name Noah J. Tilghman Crossed Out and Replaced with J.B. Brown's Name, 1901

Death Warrant with the Name Noah J. Tilghman Crossed Out and Replaced with J.B. Brown's Name, 1901
Letter to Governor William S. Jennings from Noah J. Tilghman dated July 12, 1902

Letter to Governor William S. Jennings from Noah J. Tilghman dated July 12, 1902
Date
1902-07-12
Description
Letter from Noah J. Tilghman to Governor Williams S. Jennings answering questions asked by the governor in a previous letter.
Collection
Letter to Governor William S. Jennings from Noah J. Tilghman dated July 12, 1902

Letter to Governor William S. Jennings from Noah J. Tilghman dated July 12, 1902
Letter to Governor William S. Jennings from Noah J. Tilghman dated July 8, 1902

Letter to Governor William S. Jennings from Noah J. Tilghman dated July 8, 1902
Date
1902-07-08
Description
Letter from Noah J. Tilghman to Governor Williams S. Jennings asking the governor how he plans to resolve his mistake of signing a death warrant with the wrong man's name listed to be hanged.
Collection
Letter to Governor William S. Jennings from Noah J. Tilghman dated July 8, 1902

Letter to Governor William S. Jennings from Noah J. Tilghman dated July 8, 1902
List of Persons Present at the Execution of Giuseppe Zangara at the Florida State Prison, 1933

List of Persons Present at the Execution of Giuseppe Zangara at the Florida State Prison, 1933
Date
1933-03-20
Description
List of witnesses present at the execution of Giuseppe Zangara by electrocution on March 20, 1933 at 9:15 a.m. at Florida State Prison in Raiford. On February 15, 1933, Zangara attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt as he gave a speech from the back of an open car in the Bayfront Park area of the city. He fired a total of five shots and wounded five people, including Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, who was standing on the running board of Roosevelt's car during the President-elect's speech. Zangara pleaded guilty to four counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to spend 80 years in prison. Following the death of Anton Cermak and another victim, Mabel Gill, Zangara was indicted for murder and sentenced to death.
Collection
List of Persons Present at the Execution of Giuseppe Zangara at the Florida State Prison, 1933

List of Persons Present at the Execution of Giuseppe Zangara at the Florida State Prison, 1933
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
s158_v002_415Commutation of Sentence Decree from the State Board of Pardons, July 22, 1902TextPoliticians
Capital punishment -- Florida
Judicial error -- Florida		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s158_v002_415.jpg
s12_b019_f01_01Death Warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, 1933TextAssassinations
Assassins
Executions and executioners
Capital punishment		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s12_b019_f01_01.jpg
s12_v001_b46_35Death Warrant with the Name Noah J. Tilghman Crossed Out and Replaced with J.B. Brown's Name, 1901TextPoliticians
Capital punishment--Florida
Judicial error--Florida		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s12_v001_b46_35.jpg
s596_b09_f03_36Letter to Governor William S. Jennings from Noah J. Tilghman dated July 12, 1902TextPoliticians
Capital punishment -- Florida.
Judicial error -- Florida.		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s596_b09_f03_36.jpg
s596_b09_f03_32Letter to Governor William S. Jennings from Noah J. Tilghman dated July 8, 1902TextPoliticians
Capital punishment -- Florida.
Judicial error -- Florida.		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s596_b09_f03_32.jpg
s2178_v001_x01List of Persons Present at the Execution of Giuseppe Zangara at the Florida State Prison, 1933TextAssassins
Assassinations
Executions and executioners
Capital punishment
Correctional institutions		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s2178_v001_x01.jpg