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First recorded execution in British Americas
the date is not correct except for the year. -
Limiting the Death penalty
Pennsylvania limits death penalty to murder and treason only. only the year is correct -
Establishing the death penalty
First US congress establishes federal death penalty -
First Execution
Thomas Bird is the first man federaly executed. -
Switch to private not public
public executions are called to cruel so the government switches to private executions only the year is correct -
Rhode Island outlaws death penalty
Rhode Island becomes first state to outlaw death penalty for all crimes
year is the only correct thing about the date -
challenging the death penalty
14th amendment is ratified and later used to challenge the death penalty. -
first electrocution
Man killed his lover with an axe -
Weems v. United States
establish precedents on cruel and unusual punishment -
First use of lethal gas
in 1924 Nevada was the first state to use lethal gas. -
Lindberg Act
makes kidnapping a federal capital offence -
last public execution
man executed in public for murder -
first American executed in desertion
he was the first since the civil war -
supreme court finds second execution attempt
technical malfunction does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment -
First US civilians executed
Executed for espionage -
Johnny Cash
He made this song about the death penaltiy. -
Supreme court forbids dismissal
forbids dismissal of jurors based on personal opposition to capital punishment -
supreme court rules death penalty uncostitutional
overturns 600 death penalty sentances -
catholic bishops
publicly oppose death penalty -
first lethal injection with 3 drugs used
The US used this method until 2009. -
Green Mile was released into the theaters.
Tom Hanks is the star of this great film. -
Started using only 1 drug for lethal injection
They figured out that they could use 1 drug instead of 3 or 2. -
Balanced Scorecard Evolution: A Dynamic Approach to Strategy Execution
this book is about the death penaltiy. -
Firing Squad
Utah reauthorized this as an extra method if they could not get the drugs for lethal injection. -
connecticut supreme court
bans the death penalty
