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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Apr. 23, 2008

Though Held Out of View, Executions Once Again Under Scrutiny

Forum Column - By Elaine Elinson - A series of lawsuits has slowly drawn back the veil of secrecy around death penalty executions.

FORUM COLUMN

By Elaine Elinson
This article appears on Page 6

      Just outside the Sierra County Courthouse in Downieville is a wooden gallows. Its grim purpose stands in sharp contrast to the surrounding lush green foothills and the rushing Yuba River just yards away. It was used only once: for the execution of Irish immigrant James O'Neill in 1885, sentenced to die at age 20 for the murder of his boss.
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