John Mancos, a Pennsylvania State Constable, was stabbed to death by Michael Plavetich while attempting to serve a warrant on his wife, Cecelia, in Braddock Park on July 22, 1925. The warrant alleged assault and battery against a neighbor.
Plavetich, who claimed the police were treating his wife with excessive force, pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to two to four years in prison.
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Author: Bill Lofquist
I am a sociologist and death penalty scholar at the State University of New York at Geneseo. I am also a Pittsburgh native. My present research focuses on the history of the death penalty in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pa.
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