Short Reprieve

Andrew Lopez

United Press International

Kneeling, former Batista Army Cpl. Jose Rodriguez is comforted by a priest in the courtyard after he was condemned to death for war crimes by a revolutionary tribunal. Taken out immediately after the trial, he was placed against a wall. Rodriguez was given a reprieve because the execution order had not officially been signed. He was shot Jan l8.

Andrew Lopez, "Short Reprieve," in POYi Archive, Item #3672, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/3672 (accessed April 21, 2025).