Bill Babbitt Collection, 1970, 1982, 1991-2008.

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Bill Babbitt Collection, 1970, 1982, 1991-2008.

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The Bill Babbitt Collection documents nearly ten years of legal efforts to spare his younger brother Manny Babbitt's life from execution, and two decades of advocacy activities to try to abolish the death penalty. The bulk of materials are court records from the 1990s related to Manny Babbitt's case. In addition, the collection includes the contents of Manny Babbitt's cell at San Quentin at the time of his execution, correspondence from both Manny and Bill Babbitt, speeches, prison records, materials from death penalty abolitionist organizations and conferences, and news articles about the case and Bill Babbitt's ongoing advocacy work.

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University at Albany, University Libraries

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University at Albany, University Libraries

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Babbitt, Bill

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Bill Babbitt is an activist in the abolition movement. He speaks out against the capital punishment system after promising his brother Manny he would campaign to end the death penalty. On May 4, 1999 Bill witnessed fifty-year-old Manny Babbitt's execution by the State of California at San Quentin prison. Manny and Bill Babbitt grew up in a family of eight children. Teenaged Manny served two tours of duty in Vietnam. Following his discharge Manny suffered from schizophrenia and post-traumatic str...

Babbitt, Manny, 1949-1999

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California State Prison at San Quentin

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Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation

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Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights

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