Capital-offense
capital offense
Contemporary Examples
WikiLeaks Suspect Bradley Manning’s Bold Defense at Pretrial Hearing Denver Nicks December 16, 2011
Historical Examples
Library Notes A. P. Russell
United States Presidents’ Inaugural Speeches Various
The Cosmic Computer Henry Beam Piper
The Young People’s Wesley W. McDonald
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXIX., October, 1852 Various
Dreams Jerome K. Jerome
The Christ John Eleazer Remsburg
The Colonial Cavalier Maud Wilder Goodwin
The Jesuits, 1534-1921 Thomas J. Campbell
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