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17 November 1953: W.A. Stanbury to Paul Green.

17 November 1953: W.A. Stanbury to Paul Green.

Item Information

Title

17 November 1953: W.A. Stanbury to Paul Green.

Description

Following an editorial written by Paul Green, published in the Greensboro Daily News, Reverend W.A. Stanbury of Asheboro, N.C., writes to Green, "More than a quarter of a century ago, when serving as pastor of a church in Raleigh, I walked down the last mile with the Stewarts, father and son...If ever men deserved the ultimate in punishment, they did; but I came back from that experience with the firm conviction which has never been shaken, that capital punishment is an unspeakably primitive method of dealing with criminals..."

Source

Paul Green Papers, #3693, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Date

November 17, 1953