Original 1947 AP Wirephoto showing 19-year-old Gerald Welch in Los Angeles court before being sentenced to life imprisonment. According to the caption, Welch testified that he killed his 16-year-old sweetheart in a suicide pact that failed when he ran out of ammunition. He pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and expressed disappointment that he did not receive a death sentence. Caption is printed directly on the photograph. Mounted on black archival paper, with an AP stamp on the back. Came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
