December 26, 2024
Tag: electric chair
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Inside Sing Sing Prison and The Mutual Welfare League
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Forty miles north of New York City, “up the Hudson River,” Sing Sing Prison got a new warden in 1915. Thomas Mott Osborne ushered in a wave of penal reform. Out went the lockstep, in came (limited) prisoner self-governance. T. Fred Robbins, a nearby photographer and constable, was allowed to document many of the changes…
Past Article
April 28, 2022 4 Comments
Imagine! To imagine is to dream, but dreams are not always pleasant. Dr. Van Staden’s recounting of an event that for many has been a 72-year long nightmare may bring tears to your eyes. Villagers in the Italian Alps were forced to live with memories created by others now long dead and best forgotten. Will the passage of time heal these wounds? Not likely!