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We The People: Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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This chapter recounts the violent events of a card game dispute in 1877 Utah, where Wallace Wilkerson fatally shoots William Baxter. It details the ensuing trial and Wilkerson's conviction and sentencing to death.

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