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Korean immigrant guilty of fellow inmate’s murder

The article titled "Immigrant convicted of prison muder" shows an image of Chol Soo Lee on the left and details his conviction of prison murder.

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This March 13, 1979, Sacramento Union article reports the first-degree murder conviction of Chol Soo Lee that would eventually lead to a sentence of death in the gas chamber.

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44.04.05a

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Korean immigrant guilty of fellow inmate’s murder

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Sacramento Union

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March 13, 1979

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Publisher

Sacramento Union

Date

1979-03-13

Location

Sacramento, California, United States

Module

Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 4

Language

eng

Type

Text

Format

Article

File Format

jpg

Subject

Korean Americans; Innocence; Protest and social movements

Source

K.W. Lee

Credit Line

Courtesy of Sacramento Union Archive, UC Davis Shields Library.

Licensor

University of California, Davis

MUMI Number

44.04.TXT.032

Publisher

Sacramento Union

Date

1979-03-13

Location

Sacramento, California, United States

Module

Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 4

Language

eng

Type

Text

Format

Article

File Format

jpg

Subject

Korean Americans; Innocence; Protest and social movements

Source

K.W. Lee

Credit Line

Courtesy of Sacramento Union Archive, UC Davis Shields Library.

Licensor

University of California, Davis

MUMI Number

44.04.TXT.032

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