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'wat14sentenced ' wa wasentenced sentenced to die cUe betoire befQ5e betoire9 ore : -9 9 - a firinff rJrt.ns rJrtns flrini , . rJrt.ns'QUad flrinisquad firinffquad quad 'QUad squad ' a at the tbe at state tQ pen1te penitentiary penltepttas7 .t1art t1art . em ort . orttfovomb onNovember NOV tfovomb mb1r ; ! it lQUJr 10th- 10th 10thby 10th , - , . by Judge Ji.1d Ji1d . Abe W WTurner , " 1\uner 1 uner Turner " \ Monday Mondq Mbndayr afternoon tenoon ! ) . The Tbla Thetourt Tblabourt Thecourt tourt bourt loom room . waa wa wail . ft11 filled to capac1fJ capacity capacity.A capacityA ; ' . . A dozen d.ozen dozers . children cht1ctren troni from the t.be tbe . elemeh.y elemehy elemen elementary l D1e . . . tary schools schOOl . had bJ.d bJd . .been been beeni . admitted e.dm1tted edm1tted . fA to ) tohear tohear-the tohear the hear hearYthe .the the Ythe . - death charge char e1sarge , , . and an4 lined line linedone < ; one Chambersttoedl wall wan of tho the chamber haIJlber Chambers , , Roedl 1\oecll 1 oecll ttoedl \ , . 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' < + I c . cy J- J : - . J7 JCourt < ( y , * \ , . ,7 7 ,7Court ) 7 Court ' "yes yes 'Yes " ' . , I 'X X ' w wtm WW1 " fOinr gbhig ( Bomf ( to aac U1II air : , . ) - ryou you that but as a matter mattel ' of tbffe the thft thftrecord tbffeRoedl . JosephRoedl record , yoU are .JFes JFes Jjunes . Joseph Joseph- - Roedl , , are you not ? ' " " ri I "Yes Yes " . . " I i Court ' "The The 'The " ' defendi1nt defendant defendant ; In m to Udt this Udtcase thiscase thiscase case designated delgnated $ Na Ma . . . 520 , . the Stat State Stateof Stateof & of Utah vs VB Jamea James Joseph Josep Roedl Iioedl Roedland Iioedland Roedland and LeRoy Edward Ritchey ? " . " " ' " "Ves Ves 'Yes Yes "Yes I am ' " "And And 'And " ' you understand that thisIs this thisIs thisIs Is the are time tome heretofore set for tor takpronouncement ttut ttutpronouncement tnfn tnfnpronouncement . pronouncement . of Judgement ludgement Jud ement : , . " ' " 'Prisoner Prisoner ' . "Yes Yes .Yes PrIsoner Askes Aakes to SpeakNow SpeakNow Speak SpeakNow Now have you any legal re reasons reasonsto reafionato .8OD 8OD . $ to give why the Judgement of thao the thaoCourt theCourt thttCourt Court should not be pronounced a\ a at athis atthis atthis \ this times t1Jne.2 t1Jne2 thne2 . " . . w wYes'S " ? ' " "Yes Yes Yes'S YesS 'All All ' . All right you may state St lt If . . " * Roedl Well for one is tha than thanwhen that.when thatwhen . when I was picked up in Washing Wa.sh1nr- Wa.sh1nr Wa.sh1nrI Wa.sh1nrton Washington . - . ton and the statements tha that I Igavethey Xgave Il8ve-they Il8ve they gave-they gave - - they weren't werent ' ' ' told to mlt me mltthen methen Wttthen then that the law was that here- here herelIay heresay heresay - * - lIay say ! evidence could be used agalD against againstone againstme 1I1e one , . or could not be b6 used againllt againstme againlltme t tme me and the statements I gave p.ve pve . are aremerely aremerely aremerely merely what I know and wbt.Boy wbtBoy wbt.BoyRitchey what whafcJEtoyRitchey . ( toy toyRitchey Ritchey told me and end that la 14 is Wha what whatI - I I based baaed my whole thing thtn ' on . on , telling- telling teJ1Jnr : tellingthe - . - the truth of ot what he told wId me hap hap- happened hap happened . - pened and what I know my3e1f myself myself.Now myselfNow . Now t r 11 have mate m made e a written state- state statement B statemcnt te- te - tement * - ment to Rive give to my own Lord andX an4I an4 and andl I l guess sueas He knows knOW8 best beat what to do . doabout do.about doabout . about thatSecond that thatSecond thatSecond Second on the matter of tbI this & thisblack thl&black thlblack & black tithave lack tack that was supposed tq tit tohave have been found out there in say ID7 my sayoil myall oil all " 11 The district attorney rtght right rtghthere righthere righthere here and the other attorney atwrney geta gets getsright getaright . right up and he says Bays that it was wasbrought wasbrought wasbrought brought out in Vbe the trial and OJ'S OJS says OJ'Sthat saysthat saysthat ' that Roy helped me make it and slid andI slidf I f said that I helped Roy Ritch Ritchey Ritcheymake Ritcheymake " make it and that ts 1s Is an e error err r on era onhis onhis erahis his part . part"As . , . "As As " to the same reasoning , , . the the8tatementa theitatements thestatements 8tatementa itatements taken In 1n Salt Sa1t Lake LakeCity LakeCity LakeCity City by the ' PBI P'BI FBI , , the same rule rulegoes ruleroes rulegoes goes roes for tor that as aa to the statements ; : that they never told me nothing nothingabout nothingabout nothingabout about the statements if It there was wasanything wassnythlng waaanything anything snythlng in them that was heresy heresythat . , that it would be used against me mehere mehere mehere here here ' ' Makes Noakes Public Publ1c StatementC7ourt Statement statelD StatementCourt l1 & Court C7ourt Is there anything fur- fur further tur fin-fher fin fher - - , . ther ( ? A Well I would like to make makea makes a s public anouncement myself It if r t : rcan tan Ican IcanGo can an canGo anGo Go aheadRoedl aheadRoedl ahead aheadRoedl Roedl "All All " . ' All right It won wont t takeong take takelona takelong lona ong For the folks here In Utah Utahwant UtahI I want to say this I always tried triedto triedto to 0 be law abiding but the law has hasound has.found hasfound . . found ound me guilty guUty of a crime crhne I didn dtdp dld t tcommit tommit tcommit commit ommit I don t know whether- whether whetherhave whether whetherI - I ; have got this much to say that thatthe thathe thatthe the he Jury and the prosecuting at- at attorneys atorneys at attorneys - torneys orneys that were on the case both bothof bothf bothof of f them that the things they saidgainst said saidaga1n.st saidagainst aga1n.st aga1nst gainst . me I wouldn t say agatn"t agatnt against agatn"tany againstsly agalnitany " any sly man if it they cot could d go b Ck back CkIn backn bodeIn In n my life they will see I have havenever haveLever havenever never Lever struck a . woman and X t I only onlyhit onlytit onlyhit hit tit two men in all my life l1te , . and andthey andhey andthey they hey needed it because if it a man manstrikes mantrikes manstrikes strikes trikes a woman I will wID strike him him.If himIf . , it f I crji CI.D CID can ' . and if It I am able to That ThatIs Thata ThatIs Is a all I have got rot to say I hava have haveled havatried havetried tried -led led , - to do right I have tried to tosav toav tosav sav av the truth troth and I hope that God Godgives GodIves Godgives gives ; Ives the Judgment about this and find findJude andfinds andfinds finds Jude them guilty gu1lty , , and I will w1Jl take takehis takeus taketils his us Judgement . . Iam I am readyThe ready readyThe " ! The be Oourt Court "Yes Yes "TeA TeA " , . , I have your- your - yourletter youretter yourletter letter etter and anI ! I ' have 'have read it The laW lawmposes lawImposes ' 1mposea mposes upon the Court L'ourt Lourt ' certain certain4bttes certainfrtiessand certainduties 4bttes frtiessand . < and .he he When . hen I took WOk n my > yqath yqathIf qath qathof oathof of If office omce , . t I 1C Iaccepte accepted accepte t < the tits th r rcsponsi- rcsponsi pb Ul- Ul Ulb - 5 5'I b sil bKh'stJlsil silad 1ty rfo rfosp1 sp1 sp1bKh'stJl bKh'stJl- bKh'stJl bKhstJl . ; ' k kunders v / tsA tsAer 13 13a 13FaIr " " ' understsA - " 4- 4 - 41 'I I 1 unders uhdemand- uhdemand understand uhdemandfair tn tnrfo ad er p rni ; # a is ? istratr fair tratr TrW Tr-I Tr I ' - s- s ii 1 ; - ' ; . ? ' , tkf tkf"lbe zxr zxrThe Jj ; , : . " " ( ' The "lbe lbe " Court ' In 'In ' thia t1.11a t111a this . ease case a Jut Jttty was waa gas sel selected cted to tD tty tt7 your 1'out 1out ' leased tod fad fadin QdJ1 ; . , , A-Aan A Aan - , I1t an I1tan in attorpey attoz'Jey attozJey attar ' ) ey was lL'pp01n lLpp01n lL'pp01nJi appointed apj ' te < tW , theft Yy ? Ji . ! % r rCou t ' yof4 yof4who lL'pp01nr woo 'Wf1c Wf1c who ' ) ytf&M ytfM & * r b- b bw - ' w " ' court Cou 't t to defend defenct ctet you ; . yo < 7d , "t t , " ' bly ably Inow know ' ' ts is a avt"gblOa avtgblOa avt"gblOaA _ , w.rt wrt . J , A.t"H A.tH AtH . A . ' "Ho Ho "Hi Hi " " ! is 1s fI . . . - " . yes . " ; 1 " V Vt1 t-1 t 1 - ' | Continued eonttnuic\ eonttnuic eonttnuic011 Cantlnu \ , on 011 pagie .pap pap page . , foi tqr- tqr tqr.i twy ) - - ' ; ' i it "i i " t . . , . tP < . " 1v " . * ) { - V . - . - - - L .i i is ; . i5 $ , , Roedl Roedi to Face FJrlng Firing FiringSquad : Squad ( for or Murder 1 ( r r In led red fr Cr r rn'Z9 \n'Z9 n'Z9 nZ9 tlPze lee \ ' orI or'I11t or'Fire nl or I ' ' Tlie 'I11t I11t 'Fire Fire ' Court CQurt W'1.en W1.en W1en W ' . ten en your CUbe case CUbewa5 casewas ca&ewaa caewaa & wa5 was finally 5bm1tted si 5\ 5 at \ bmltted bm1tted bndtled to the U1C J UY try tryit iryIt it deliberated upon your case casl ' at of ofter atter I Iter \ ter the Court had given glvt'n glvtn ' Its Intru instru IntructlOI1'I instructlons lrvtructlons . . , , ctlOI1'I ctlOI1I ctlons . ' and on the 16th ISth day of ofSeptember ofSeptember olSeptember September relumed returned a verdict v'rdkt vrdkt ! ' Of Ofg oli I II I g ( ( ity Jly lty or of murdir mUrdtr murder In to the thl ' ( tint IT'lt ITlt first ' degree degreeI degreeagainst degreeagainst degreeagainst I against you with ut nny Any 'om om recom recommt re recommiidall 'ommt < ' mt ( nda ndatl till ms ) ns f 1 leniency Ipnll'ncy Ipnllncy leniencyA ' I A Yt Yea YeaThe Ye 6 > Tlie The Court Tl TI t ( jurors jururs were wereall wereall wertall all ix ( p X < lied IIt'd IItd ' nr Ilf fir I f t 11 u in ul t I every jur juror Juror Juror or anno RnllO i t e ( ' I li II h PPI p"l pl lct ) " ( ' court 'ourt ourt thl1t that thl1ttl thattl thaitie tl t a ' vt'r vtr ver verlitt ' II ik ( t wi w1 wild I ( I t 1 tart lid been b'en ben ( ' re retu returned returned tu turned rIwd w s " 1 t I Is r 1 1 I r VI verdict ' rd let I1nd and I1ndwas andwas ancwas I was at the tht " tlnw lime tlin ? tl tI i t c verdict a8 as a8signed assigned a asigned ( signed by tlie the f rt'IIIalA renrarA reinat rt'IIIal rtIIIal renrar reinatA ' A YesThe Yeh Yet Yes YehThe . The Court N ( ( w It Is the thl ' d tty rty rtyof ttyof Uiof , of the Court to set et a time tor for ex ecutlon of the sentence sentt'nce senttnce ' of i t trr t < ir rr It Is the thp 1 1 I ty f C the C rt rtto rtto rtto to allow you you t have havt ' a trarwripto transcriptto transcript rtI I to present to ttie the Supreme Cl C ( urt urtr ur urr r tt It I1 f t < pu IHI p i f t f ( term It'rml Itrml terml ' ) Ir h llwhether " whether or not thl this " ! J idgmpnt Idgmrnt tdgment I is isvalll 1.vail 1vail ' . valll vall J ) and Ulld ; sl 11 al ull ul 1 I tai 1111 tat 1Thill ITttls 1 I 1Tills Tills Thill Tttls case CIlSt ' was WA'I WAI ' irltd trltd tritd In 1n my myJ myI myInlfn J I { Inlc Ink n s fairly or AI ar d li II Ir r i ( Ilall llally Bally & , Th Thjury Thjury Thjury jury selected selt"Cted seltCted " to try tl tI 11 e a ca cas casmy casmy my opinion was cc c ( < nipetent mpetent fair fair111d fairand fall111(1 fall1111 111d and ( representative representatlse rE"prt rEprt " ' 'nlatl\t 'nlatl nlatl t ( ' \ ' of J ror rors tors ' ! hDlf hDlfIn h tt ttIn i iIn < In this community ft It I Is rll rether rethersingular rptneisingular thE"I thEI " ingular singular that the United Unltt'd Unlttd ' Statee States Stateepro'lecuted Statesprosecuted State-prosecuted State prosecuted - pro'lecuted prolecuted prosecuted ' you vou on this samc semi samcchargf semicharge samcharge ( chargf charge ' or a similar charge and andthat andthat andthat that the case cae " ! submitted to a jury juryIn juryin juryIn In the Federal Court of the F C 'Ite Ite ate 'Iteof ateof ' ittof of Utah concluded c011cludt'd c011cludtd ' the same soml ' ae aet a a'tl atl ' ' t It ) c a ( case liere here and Rnd the Jurv jury there thereretumf'd therereturned therereturned retumf'd retumfd returned ' a verdict vl"rdlct vlrdlct " of guilty gullty a against againstyot flgnlnsiyoi gains ! yO yot ! without a recommendation recommendationA A Yes Ye'l Yel ' IIlrTI sirTi sir IIlr sirTl Tl TI e I ' Court Because Decau'le Decaule ' of want wantof wantof waniof of Jurisdiction jurhclldlon by the Federal Courtthat Courtthat Court that . on V trial v . . . . there v . _ . _ was . dl'c1llred dlc1llred declared _ ' . _ _ . _ . a _ . on V v . . . . v . _ . _ . _ . _ _ . _ . _ nullify and the matter was WIUI sent sentI sentt sen1 I t ' ere t'rf trf rrc ' t Ulnlah U1ntah Ulntah |