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Subject Source: Cclanarrow

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Bruce R. McConkie letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230321942]
Identifier: MSS SC 2335
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten and signed letters. Thomas B. McAffee, articles editor of the Law Review for University of Utah College of Law, writes a letter requesting information on the Mormon Church's position on capital punishment. His inquiry was answered by Bruce R. McConkie who stated that the law of "Blood Atonement" was never practiced by the Mormon Church, and the church supports the local secular laws on the matter of capital punishment.

Dates: 1978
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Bruce R. McConkie letter

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