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[Photograph 2012.201.B0316.0476]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "PRISON BOUND - Edwin Laverne Droke, right, is escorted from courtroom Monday by Deputy Sheriff Bob Hammer after the confessed murderer was sentenced to life in prison for the slaying of a cab driver."
Date: October 15, 1968
Creator: Heaton, Dave
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0316.0475]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A state prosecutor asked Monday that a 17-year-old slaying suspect, Edwin Lavern Droke, be put to death in the electric chair for the alleged slaying of a taxicab driver last summer. The request was made as Droke went to trial in district court on a charge of murdering Willard Washington West, a driver for Yellow cab Co."
Date: August 29, 1968
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0316.0477]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "SENTENCING OF EDWIN L. DROKE, 17 YEARS OLD . COUNTY COURTHOUSE, JUDGE MYERS, FLOOR 8. OLD BUILDING .. DROKE PLEADED GUILTY TO MURDER AND THREW HIMSELF UPON THE MERCY OF THE JUDGE WHOSE ONLY CHOICES OF SENTENCING ARE LIFE OR THE CHAIR."
Date: October 14, 1968
Creator: Heaton, Dave
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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