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ARTICLE CONTENTS
[Pages 281-354]
TOP OF ARTICLE
Introduction
I. The First Phase: From Obscurity in 1928 to Partial
Victory in 1951
A. The Sara Ehrmann Story
B. Ehrmann and MCADP: The Beginnings of a Strategy
1. The First Prong: Persuading the Legislature
2. The Second Prong: Using Cases to Highlight the Death Penalty’s Fallibility
3. The Third Prong: MCADP Forges Ahead to the Governor’s Office
II. The Middle Phase: Abolitionists Stand Firm in the
1950s and Early 1960s
A. Kenneth Chapin Tests the Commonwealth
B. A Commission’s Conclusion: More Legal and Social Harm Than Good
C. On the Brink of Abolition
D. Charles Tracy Challenges Governor Volpe’s Resolve
E. New Voices and a March Towards Court
III. The Final Phase: Victory in the Massachusetts Courts
A. Setting the Stage in the SJC
B. Robert O’Neal’s Ground-Breaking Case
C. The SJC Drives the Final Nail
Conclusion
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