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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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The Pardon and Parole Board commuted 23-year-old Freddie Parks' 1946 death sentence for slaying a white woman in Floyd County to life imprisonment by a 2-1 vote, after multiple appeals, citing circumstantial evidence and doubt of guilt.
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After a four-year court fight, a 23-year-old Floyd county man had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
The Pardon and Parole board commuted the death sentence of Freddie Parks, who was convicted of the slaying of a white woman of Floyd County.
His case had gone to the State Supreme court four times and to the State Pardon and Parole board three times.
The board commuted the death sentence by a vote of two to one. Eugene Wilburn dissented and Chairman Ed Everett and Mrs. Rebecca Rainey voted for the commutation.
Parks had been convicted in 1946. The board said that he was convicted on circumstantial evidence which did not indicate the extreme penalty because of the doubt of guilt.
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Floyd County
Event Date
1946
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death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by a vote of two to one
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After a four-year court fight, the Pardon and Parole board commuted the death sentence of Freddie Parks, a 23-year-old Floyd County man convicted in 1946 of the slaying of a white woman. His case went to the State Supreme Court four times and to the board three times. The board cited conviction on circumstantial evidence with doubt of guilt, not warranting the extreme penalty.