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“Electric Chair… just retain the death penalty” (December 1, 1982) by Phillip Bissell

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“Electric Chair… just retain the death penalty” (December 1, 1982) by Phillip Bissell Comic Art

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Title:	“Electric Chair… just retain the death penalty” (December 1, 1982) by Phillip Bissell
Artist:	Phillip Bissell (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	965
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Comments:	1
Added to Site:	1/12/2020
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“Electric Chair… just retain the death penalty” (December 1, 1982)
by Charles Phillip Bissell (1926 -)
9 x 14, ink and wash on board

In 1960, Boston Globe cartoonist Phil Bissell, working for $25 a day, was handed an assignment that would change his life—and the lives of fans of the brand-new AFL football team coming to Boston. “Sports editor Jerry Nason came to me and he said, ‘They’ve decided to call the team the Boston Patriots. You better have a cartoon ready for tomorrow’s edition.’” Bissel’s “Pat Patriot” cartoon was the Patriot’s logo from 1961-1992.
December 1, 1982

On this date, the first person to be sentenced under Connecticut's revised capital punishment law was spared the death penalty and sentenced instead to life in prison. The convicted killer, John McGann, was convicted for the murder for hire of a man in 1981.

Under the new law, a “life sentence” is 60 years in prison with chance of release after 35 years.

Through various appeals, the case became noteworthy because intent on the part of McGann could not be established, and a retrial and conviction for conspiracy also ended up being reversed under a Double Jeopardy argument in 1990.

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Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/12/2020

This just gives me the shivers......

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