Death of a Policeman Birth of a Baby: A Crime and Its Aftermath

Name: Death of a Policeman Birth of a Baby: A Crime and Its Aftermath
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ISBN: 9781477119846

ISBN-10: 1477119841

ISBN-13: 9781477119846

Edition: 2012

Authors: T Dorn

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On 17 July 1932, on a highway near Fort Mill, SC, Rural Policeman Elliott Harris was attempting to arrest Beatrice Snipes husband Clyde for reckless driving. Mrs. Snipes intervened, snatching Harris pistol from its holster and fatally shooting him. After her trial in December, she became the first woman in South Carolina sentenced to die by electrocution. Beatrice, however, was pregnant at the time of the crime and was in her eighth month when she was sentenced to be executed on a date about three months after giving birth.This sentence generated a firestorm of negative reaction, and the Governor of South Carolina in January commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. Beatrice s daughter…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Textstream
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 228
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English