Jan 24, 2023Condemned Killer Protests Stay of ExecutionJan. 24, 1963 - A condemned killer today won a last-minute stay of execution despite his bitter protests. He had denounced Norman...
Dec 17, 2022Two Convicts Attempt Alcatraz EscapeDec. 17, 1962 - The myth of Alcatraz was shredded today as investigators tried to discover how a convict escaped and then survived the...
Nov 29, 2022Verdict Reached in California Peyote TrialNov. 29, 1962 - Indians cannot plead religious freedom as a ground for eating a vision-producing cactus plant banned by state law, the...
Nov 21, 2022Gestapo Collaborator Arrested in FranceNov. 21, 1962 - In a suburb of Lille, France today, Jacques Vasseur (pictured) left his mother’s house for the first time in 17 years....