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Death Penalty, 1992-1993

 File — Box: 4

Scope and Contents

Includes a book review of An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom, a program for a declaration of life ceremony, photocopy of Reflections on the Guillotine and handwritten notes about it, copy of the Civil Rights Exhibits in Support of Reply to Defendants’ Opposition (includes exhibits 2 and 3: declarations of Michael Laurence, media accounts of Robert Harris’ execution, and polls favoring lethal injection over lethal gas), a letter from Molly Coye from Howard Kornfeld, handwritten notes, photocopies of newspaper articles, programs from the memorial of Robert Harris, proposal for the Harris Oral History Project, reports from the San Quentin prison about Robert Harris before his execution, a copy of the San Quentin Industrial Procedure No. 796 regarding the lethal gas chamber, lyrics to the Bob Dylan song “I Shall Be Released,” and a flier for an anti-death penalty demonstration.

Dates

  • Creation: 1992-1993

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use

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