List of Persons on Death Row for Rape
Press Release
May 28, 1977
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Press Releases, Volume 6. List of Persons on Death Row for Rape, 1977. 7c51e656-bb92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/6bae102a-fcb9-4d42-a134-71162d559810/list-of-persons-on-death-row-for-rape. Accessed December 07, 2025.
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from NORMAN BLOOMFIELD MAY 2 vf 77
There are six persons on Death Row
for rape not involved in the death
of the victim. They are:
Georgia
John Hooks
John Eberheart (rape & kidnapping)
Ehrlich Coker
Donald Boyer
Willie James Hughes
Florida
William Shue
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rhe May 27,1977 Death Row Listing Sent tos Washiapgon Sup.Ct. &/or
Bureau heads
Richard @m Carelli, AP
Thomas MeStewart, Reuters
James AeKidney & Charlotte GeMoulton, UPI
William M-Ringle (chief correspondent) Gannett News Service
y Robert S-Boyd, (Bureau Ghief), Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Jack CeLandau, Newbbuse
Genex Goldenberg (criminal justices covers)) Scripps Howard
Phil Hager, LA Times
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Jemes—besagaizes, Chicago Tribute
SaumxMixMx Jim Mann, Baltimore Sun
Jeffrey Antevil, New York Daily News
Les@ey Oelsner, The New York Times
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Carl TeRown, Field Newspapers
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Morton Mintz, The Washinton Post
Lyle Denniston, The Washington Star
Fred PeGraham, CBS News
Dianne @ampsax Camper, Newsweek
David Beckwith, Time Magazine xx
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