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Burton Abbott

Name:: Burton Abbott
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 60661
State:: California
Date Execution:: 1957-03-15
Date Crime:: 1955-04-28
Age:: 29
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: White
Crime Convicted of:: Rape-Murder
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Asphyxiation-Gas
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Alameda
County FIPS Code:: 06001
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