Smile: The Mystery of the Gun in the Typewriter

In 1995, a loaded gun was found inside an inmate’s modified typewriter on Virginia’s death row. How did it get there?

Smith & Wesson revolver found inside Willie Lloyd Turner’s typewriter, Greensville Correctional Center, Jarratt, Virginia, 1995

This is an excerpt from my latest book, “Closing the Slaughterhouse: The Inside story of Death Penalty Abolition in Virginia,” available worldwide at all online sellers.

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Anti-death penalty advocate, cultural archaeologist, “American Grotesk” historyteller and author of 12 books. More at www.dalebrumfield.net.

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Dale M. Brumfield

Anti-death penalty advocate, cultural archaeologist, “American Grotesk” historyteller and author of 12 books. More at www.dalebrumfield.net.