A lost history of racial discrimination in America’s capital punishment system revealed by 17 lives lived in the Fort Leavenworth military prison Between 1955 and 1961, 17 condemned soldiers—8 white, 9 black—lived together on death row at Fort Leavenworth military prison. All 8 of the white soldiers were eventually paroled and returned to their families,
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America’s capital punishment system revealed
Summoned at Midnight: A Story of Race and the Last Military Executions at Fort Leavenworth
on February 11th, 2019
