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Death Row Inmates In Wyoming Played Baseball To Decide Their Fate
https://www.ladbible.com/community/interesting-death-row-inmates-in-wyoming-played-baseball-to-decide-their-fate-20210524Death Row Inmates In Wyoming Played Baseball To Decide Their Fate
Jake Massey
Published 19:31, 24 May 2021 BST
| Last updated 19:32, 24 May 2021 BST
The Wyoming State Penitentiary All Stars were not a normal baseball team, as you probably gathered from their name.
They played their first game on 18 July 1911 with a 12-man team comprised of three rapists, a forger, five thieves and three killers.
https://www.ladbible.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=648,quality=70,format=webp,fit=pad,dpr=1/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-images.ladbible.com%2Fs3%2Fcontent%2F84a023f060abfefe4ad42707000d74b1.jpg
The kid in the middle was their mascot, the warden's son. Credit: Death Row All Stars
For this team of death row inmates, the stakes could not be higher; win, and they were told their sentences would be reduced - but an error that cost the team was quite literally a death sentence.
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Jake Massey
Published 19:31, 24 May 2021 BST
| Last updated 19:32, 24 May 2021 BST
The Wyoming State Penitentiary All Stars were not a normal baseball team, as you probably gathered from their name.
They played their first game on 18 July 1911 with a 12-man team comprised of three rapists, a forger, five thieves and three killers.
https://www.ladbible.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=648,quality=70,format=webp,fit=pad,dpr=1/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-images.ladbible.com%2Fs3%2Fcontent%2F84a023f060abfefe4ad42707000d74b1.jpg
The kid in the middle was their mascot, the warden's son. Credit: Death Row All Stars
For this team of death row inmates, the stakes could not be higher; win, and they were told their sentences would be reduced - but an error that cost the team was quite literally a death sentence.
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