Manuscripts/7. Criminal Justice and Inmates
Record Group Term
Identifier: Manuscripts/7
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Salvi papers
Collection
Identifier: M097
Overview
On December 30, 1994, John Salvi opened fire on two abortion clinics in Brookline, Massachusetts. He killed two women receptionists, Lee Ann Nichols and Shanon Lowney, and wounded five others associated with the clinics. Salvi's associations with radical right-wing organizations and theories about a conspiracy against the Catholic Church led him to believe that he was fighting an "abortion Holocaust." On March 18, 1996, Salvi was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder and...
Dates:
1994-1996