Clutter (surname)
Clutter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Clutter family, victims of the 1959 Clutter family murders * Bill Clutter, American private investigator, wrongful conviction advocate, and author * Mary Clutter, American plant biologist {{surname English-language surnames ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Clutter Family Murders
In the early morning hours of November 15, 1959, four members of the Clutter family Herb Clutter, his wife, Bonnie, and their teenage children Nancy and Kenyon were murdered in their rural home just outside the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas. Two ex-convicts, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, were found guilty of the murders and sentenced to death. They were both executed on April 14, 1965. The murders were detailed by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel '' In Cold Blood''."Anatomy of a Murder" ''''. December 22, 1967. .Capote, Truman (1965) [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bill Clutter
Bill Clutter is an American private investigator, wrongful conviction advocate, and author. He is the co-founder of the Illinois Innocence Project and founder of the national wrongful conviction organization Investigating Innocence. His work on the Donaldson v. Central Illinois Public Service Company case led him to write the book ''Coal Tar: How Corrupt Politics and Corporate Greed Are Killing America's Children'', which is the story of an epidemic of neuroblastoma in Taylorville, Illinois, caused by exposure to coal tar. Work as a private investigator Voting Rights Act Lawsuit In 1985, while working as an investigator for a law firm in Springfield, Illinois, Clutter worked on the McNeil v. City of Springfield lawsuit. The African American plaintiffs his firm represented sued the city of Springfield, claiming the structure of government in Springfield violated the voting rights act of 1965 and diluted voting power of African Americans. The city was previously run by commiss ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mary Clutter
Mary E. Clutter (March 29, 1930 – December 9, 2019) was an American plant biologist who studied the interactions between plant hormones and gene activation in order to understand how to manipulate and alter gene expression. A Pennsylvanian, she obtained a Ph.D from the University of Pittsburgh while studying plant tissues and went on to produce groundbreaking genetics research at Yale University. In addition to her research, she spent much time improving outreach for women in science and addressing sex discrimination in regards to promotions and advancement. She joined the National Science Foundation in 1974 and later became assistant director for all of the biological sciences, helping use the Foundation's grants to support scientists based on merit, especially the accomplishments of overlooked women. Her following appointments and activities would see her help organize multiple scientific projects around plant biology, including the genome of model organism ''Arabidops ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |