(CRIME PENAL SYSTEM) Sentenced to Die for Throwing a Cuspid

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(CRIME--PENAL SYSTEM.) Sentenced to Die for Throwing a Cuspidor! Poster, 17 x 22 inches, with black lettering and a large woodcut image of Wells printed in sepia on off-white paper. [California]: Wells Defense Committee, circa 1950

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Wells was sentenced to death by a California court for throwing a cuspidor at a guard while serving a life sentence. California Governor Earl Warren refused to commute the sentence. It is no wonder that hard right Republicans felt betrayed by Warren when his thinking changed after he was appointed to the Supreme Court? Wells' death sentence was eventually commuted by Governor Goodwin Knight.