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Archive for October 2009

October 5, 2009

 

First Stop, Indiana

Between 1854 and 1929, more than 120,000 New York street kids migrated to 45 states across the country, Indiana foremost among them.

October 12, 2009

 

Poster Boy of the Orphan Train

Eleven-year-old John Brady of New York City declared himself to be an orphan and, on August 2nd, 1859, boarded a train bound for Indiana.

October 19, 2009

 

Crime and the Ultimate Punishment

When Allen County man Richard Kiefer was put to death in 1961, his was the last life terminated by the state for 20 years.

October 26, 2009

 

Retreat from the Scaffold

In Indiana, as in other states that still sanction capital punishment, the ultimate sentence is being applied less frequently.

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