The Hanging and Redemption of John Gordon: The True Story of Rhode Island’s Last Execution

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On a frigid day in 1843, Amasa Sprague, a rich Yankee mill owner, left his mansion to test on his cattle. At the way, he used to be accosted and beaten beyond recognition, and his body used to be left facedown within the snow. What followed used to be a trial marked by judicial bias, witness perjury and societal bigotry that resulted within the conviction of twenty-nine-year-old Irish-Catholic John Gordon. He used to be sentenced to hang. In spite of overwhelming evidence that the trial used to be incorrect and newly came upon evidence that clearly exonerated him, an anti-Irish Catholic establishment refused him a new trial. On February 14, 1845, John Gordon was the last victim of capital punishment in Rhode Island. Local historian Paul F. Caranci brings this case to life, graphically describing the murder and exposing a corrupt judicial system, a biased newspaper and a bigoted society liable for the unjust death of an innocent man.

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