A Mentally Disabled Man Unlawfully Executed

Joseph Arridy was an American man who was falsely convicted and wrongfully executed for the 1936 rape and murder of Dorothy Drain, a 15-year-old girl in Pueblo, Colorado. He was manipulated by the police to make a false confession due to his mental incapacities.

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CREDITS:
Music by Kevin MacLeod
Photos by Mikhail Nilov, Ahmet Hezretov