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Which one of the following was NOT convicted of murder?
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Why is the 1904 murder of Jay Legg in Clay County remembered today?
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When was capital punishment banned in West Virginia?
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The murder of which Indian chief's family members led to an uprising in 1774 that culminated in the Battle of Point Pleasant?
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What U.S. marshal was involved in the Hatifled-McCoy Feud, the Mine Wars, and possible murders in Jackson County related to a land dispute?
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Which United Mine Workers of America leader and his family were murdered by a rival on New Year's Eve 1969?
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Which one of the following was NOT imprisoned at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp?
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What Charleston native attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975?
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During the Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Devil Anse Hatfield's clan executed three of Randolph McCoy's sons tied to what kind of bushes?
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What place in Mingo County has been described as a "notorious ambush site" where various unsolved crimes have occurred?
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