[Newspaper Clipping: Ruby Penalty Cut Proposed, November 5, 1965]
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Newspaper article clipped from the Chicago Tribune titled "Ruby Penalty Cut Proposed." The article states that the district attorney proposed that Jack Ruby's death sentence be reduced to a prison term.
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Description
Newspaper article clipped from the Chicago Tribune titled "Ruby Penalty Cut Proposed." The article states that the district attorney proposed that Jack Ruby's death sentence be reduced to a prison term.
This clipping is part of the following collections of related materials.
John F. Kennedy, Dallas Police Department Collection
These photos document the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and its aftermath. They depict landmarks, people, and important events from before, on, and after November 23, 1963.
This collection contains newspapers, correspondence, legal documents, police reports, photographs, and video footage documenting the weekend of President Kennedy’s assassination as well as the subsequent investigations into both Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby.
Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.[Newspaper Clipping: Ruby Penalty Cut Proposed, November 5, 1965],
clipping,
[1965-11-05..1965-11-11];
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth338245/:
accessed June 1, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.