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Inmate Tafero

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Year

1970 (circa)

Video Details

4:06; color; sound; V-186 AA387; S.1239

Description

Death row inmate Tafero comments on unequal sentencing practices and remarks on the inequality of capital punishment judgments. According to Tafero, death row inmates are poor, uneducated minorities. There are numerous jump cut edits that negatively affect the quality of this segment. Produced by WFSU-TV.

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WFSU-TV

Corporate Subject

Florida State Prison (Raiford, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Raiford

Personal Subject

Tafero, Jesse Joseph, 1946-1990

Subject

Capital punishment
Death row inmates
Legal system
Prisons

Title

Inmate Tafero

Subject

Capital punishment

Death row inmates

Legal system

Prisons

Description

Date

1970 (circa)

Contributor

WFSU-TV

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Video Details

4:06; color; sound; V-186 AA387; S.1239

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aa387.mp4

YouTube ID

M8cXfNrP9co

Geographic Term

Raiford (Fla.)

Subject - Person

Tafero, Jesse Joseph, 1946-1990

Subject - Corporate

Florida State Prison (Raiford, Fla.)

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Inmate Jesse Tafero discusses the workings of the legal system for those on death row...

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4:06

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Inmate Tafero. 1970 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253550>, accessed 24 February 2025.

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Inmate Tafero. 1970 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253550>

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Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida's LSTA program is administered by the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2024-25, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $614,955. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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