File:James Morelli Execution 1949.jpg

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English: An untouched photograph, allegedly captured by two reporters with the Chicago Herald-American, of James Morelli being executed on November 26, 1949, in the Cook County Jail's electric chair; some have alleged that the picture was never real and has been photoshopped
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Source https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102417301/just-as-the-current-hit-him-james/
Author Joe Migon, Anthony Berardi

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Purported photograph of James Morelli's execution in the Cook County Jail, Illinois, 1949

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26 November 1949

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