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In the life history of Robert Alton Harris, two facts stand out: The murders that put him on Death Row were heartless, and he seemed destined to die strapped down in an execution chamber somewhere.
April 21, 1992
In six days now Robert Alton Harris is scheduled to take his slow walk into San Quentin’s death chamber.
March 27, 1990
The Harris family was especially handsome, headed by a strapping, well-spoken hero of World War II.
April 2, 1990
Relegated to phone contact only, lawyer Charles M.
April 26, 1992
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When Robert Alton Harris was left to sit in the gas chamber for 12 agonizing minutes, then heard the sealed door being opened, he had no idea a judge had prolonged his life.
Preparations for the execution of Robert Alton Harris continued through the Easter holiday as lawyers fighting over the double-murderer’s life--which could end in the gas chamber just after midnight tonight--anxiously await a ruling by a federal court of appeal.
April 20, 1992
The following is excerpted from the defense petition to the U.S.
April 5, 1990
A federal appeals panel late Sunday night overturned a temporary reprieve from the gas chamber for condemned slayer Robert Alton Harris that had been granted the day before by a federal district judge.
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Jan. 9, 2013