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Lot 11
Clinton, William J (1946 -) 42nd President of the United States. Document Signed "Bill Clinton" as Governor of Arkansas, one page, on State of Arkansas/Executive Department stationery, 14 x 8½ in. (Little Rock), November 8, 1990. A proclamation reciting the appeal results in the capital murder case of William Frank Parker and fixing the date of his execution. Signed by Clinton and Arkansas Secretary of State Bill McCuen, to the right of a pristine gold-foil state seal. Very fine; one fold.
In part, the proclamation notes that "WHEREAS, the United States District Court having entered a Stay of Execution in this matter, allowed its Stay to remain in effect while relief was sought from the United States Supreme Court through a Petition for Writ of Certiorari; and WHEREAS, subsequently the Supreme Court denied the Petition for Certiorari, therefore, the District Court entered an Order dissolving the effective Stay of Execution; and WHEREAS, it has become my duty pursuant to law and official policy to fix the date for carrying into effect the sentence and the judgment of the Benton County Circuit Court as affirmed….I Bill Clinton…as Governor of the State of Arkansas, do hereby set the fifth day of December, 1990, as the date upon which the Commissioner (Director) of the Arkansas Department of Correction will carry into effect the judgment and sentence of the Benton County Circuit Court by executing William Frank Parker at the place and in the manner prescribed by law…."
Parker was sentenced to death for the 1982 killing of his inlaws. During his imprisonment, he converted to Buddhism and became somewhat of a cause célèbre, with the Dalai Lama and others lobbying for removal of the death sentence. Although Clinton signed the document setting the date for Parker's execution, various postponements occurred; Parker was executed by lethal injection on August 8, 1996, after Governor Clinton had become President Clinton.
This is the first execution order signed by an American president that we have seen.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 5,000.
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