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Time Warp to 1948, McAlester State Penitentiary

Oklahoma City
Feb. 27, 1948

Ray Parr

Larry Harnish

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Posted on August 22, 2006April 5, 2016Author Larry HarnishCategories executions, Larry Harnish, prisonsTags capital punishment, death penalty, Oklahoma

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