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William Henry Furman's Murder Case
Believing that no one was home, an intruder broke into a house in Savannah, Georgia, on the night of August 11, 1967. The house was occupied, however and the house owner confusion, the intruder fired his gun, killing the home owner. The police apprehended a suspect, William Henry Furman, whom they had pursued as he fled the crime scene. A jury subsequently found Furman guilty of murder and sentenced him to death.
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