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Why Is Floyd Cochran Considered A Criminal

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Michele Newton Miss Gregory Missouri History 3 November 2017 Floyd Cochran Floyd Cochran was a 36 year old, mentally challenged, African American man. In 1947, Cochran was convicted for the murder of Marylou Jenkins and was later arrested for killing his wife with a shotgun. He was sentenced to the death penalty by the gas chamber at the Missouri State Penitentiary. Cochran was the only man from Boone County who was executed by the gas chamber at the MO State Penitentiary. Cochran raped and killed a woman by the name of Marylou Jenkins in her home, located in Columbia, MO, February 5th, 1947. He was convicted and sent to the Penitentiary until his trial. He didn’t understand what he had done wrong because he was mentally challenged, so it

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