The Nation - News from Jan. 31, 1985
James David Raulerson, 33, was put to death Wednesday morning in Florida’s electric chair for killing police officer Michael Stewart, 23, in a 1975 gun battle at a Jacksonville restaurant. As about two dozen death penalty opponents held lighted candles and sang softly nearby, the father of Raulerson’s victim, Jack Stewart, watched the execution to fulfill a graveside vow.
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