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A classic Hollywood trope is the idea of a poster with the photo of a given criminal along with very large print text that would say something like “Wanted Dead or Alive”. But did these actually ever exist and could you actually kill someone legally when such a poster was issued by the authorities?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_...
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/digi...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/thehi...
http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/it...
https://www.fbi.gov/?came_from=https%...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/201...
https://truewestmagazine.com/ireads...
https://www.history.com/news/jesseja...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleeing...
https://archive.org/details/lifeoftom...
https://archive.org/details/cu3192400...
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