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- ↑ Pascoe, Pat (November 15, 2011). Helen Ring Robinson: Colorado Senator and Suffragist. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 9781607321477 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Radelet, Michael (January 15, 2017). The History of the Death Penalty in Colorado. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 9781607325123 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Senate, Colorado General Assembly (October 29, 1961). "Senate Journal of the ... Legislature of the State of Colorado" – via Google Books.