{"id":129,"date":"2018-12-11T16:35:18","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T21:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/forgottenlifehistories\/?p=129"},"modified":"2018-12-18T13:48:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:48:09","slug":"8-pardons-and-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/forgottenlifehistories\/2018\/12\/11\/8-pardons-and-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"#8 Pardons and Punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"padding: 0px; border: 1px solid #464646;\" src=\"https:\/\/butler.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Embed.aspx?id=f5890476-94cc-47f8-9ecd-a9ba0134f554&amp;v=1\" width=\"720\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My name is Jem and I am a Science, Technology, and Society major. I have a personal interest in the Prison-Industrial Complex, which lead me to taking this course and learning about the evolution of punishment in Indiana and the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this final episode of Forgotten, the life histories of two Indiana men convicted of life sentences are examined. Both men, James Blackwood and Andrew Koerner, were found guilty of killing their wives in the 1880s. Their stories are analyzed along with the evolving nature of punishment and forgiveness in Indiana. I connect their stories to the present day and discuss how the stigma of being marked as a felon has changed. I also discuss the use of unclaimed bodies, such as that of prisoners, being used by medical schools and in scientific endeavors, with an update on what happens to unclaimed bodies today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Works Cited<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bernstein, Nina. \u201cNew York City\u2019s Medical Schools Will Stop Using Unclaimed Bodies.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New York Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 10 Aug 2016, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/11\/nyregion\/new-york-citys-medical-schools-will-stop-using-unclaimed-bodies.html\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/11\/nyregion\/new-york-citys-medical-schools-will-stop-using-unclaimed-bodies.html<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bjornstad, William. \u201cThomas Riley Marshall.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find A Grave, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 Jan 2001. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/675\/thomas-riley-marshall\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/675\/thomas-riley-marshall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Horner, Frank Asbury. \u201cThe Revised Statutes of the State of Indiana.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indiana Lawyers\u2019 Co-operative Publishing Company, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1901. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=aUkwAQAAMAAJ&amp;dq=indiana+prisoner+body+dissection&amp;source=gbs_navlinks_s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=aUkwAQAAMAAJ&amp;dq=indiana+prisoner+body+dissection&amp;source=gbs_navlinks_s<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\">\n<div id=\"MLA_text\" class=\"mla left pas brdra citation-copy\">Osgood, Robert L. \u201cThe Menace of the Feebleminded: George Bliss, Amos Butler, and the Indiana Committee on Mental Defectives.\u201d\u00a0<i>Indiana Magazine of History<\/i>, vol. 97, no. 4, 2001, pp. 253\u2013277.\u00a0<i>JSTOR<\/i>, JSTOR, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/27792339\" class=\"broken_link\">www.jstor.org\/stable\/27792339<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"height: 80px;\" width=\"754\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pellegrino, Edmund D. \u201cMedical Education.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dictionary of American History, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2003, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/history\/united-states-and-canada\/us-history\/medical-education\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.encyclopedia.com\/history\/united-states-and-canada\/us-history\/medical-education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAndrew Koerner Granted Full Pardon By Governor.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indianapolis Star, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">07 January 1912, pp. 39. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/7421346\/?terms=andrew%2Bkoerner\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/7421346\/?terms=andrew%2Bkoerner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBody Given to College: Fate of Aged Life Convict.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indianapolis Star, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 December 1905, pp. 5. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/118631565\/?terms=james%2Bblackwood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/118631565\/?terms=james%2Bblackwood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFound Guilty of Killing His Wife.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indiana State Sentinel, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19 January 1887, pp. 5. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/174009565\/?terms=james%2Bblackwood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/174009565\/?terms=james%2Bblackwood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGuilty of Murder, Says the Blackwood Jury.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indianapolis News, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">29 January 1887, pp. 1. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/34510609\/?terms=james%2Bblackwood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/34510609\/?terms=james%2Bblackwood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cImprisonment for Life.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indianapolis News, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 November 1884, pp. 4. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/34616109\/?terms=andrew%2Bkoerner\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/34616109\/?terms=andrew%2Bkoerner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTells of 25 Years in Prison: Koerner Begs for Pardon.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indianapolis Star, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">29 June 1911, p. 5.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/6712718\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/6712718\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Blackwood Wife Murder.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indianapolis News, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">26 January 1887, pp. 1.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/34510597\/?terms=james%2Bblackwood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/34510597\/?terms=james%2Bblackwood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Blackwood Wife Murder Trial.\u201d <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indianapolis Journal, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 January 1887, pp. 2.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/466032168\/?terms=james%2Bblackwood\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/image\/466032168\/?terms=james%2Bblackwood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bio My name is Jem and I am a Science, Technology, and Society major. I have a personal interest in the Prison-Industrial Complex, which lead me to taking this course and learning about the evolution of punishment in Indiana and the United States. 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