History of the Death Penalty

By abyba25

  • The first U.S state to have the death penalty

    Virginia was the first U.S state to have the death penalty of Captain George Kendall.

  • The eighth U.S state to have the death penalty.

    Hannah Occuish 12 year-old was hanged for the murder of another child in Connecticut.

  • The second state to have the death penalty.

    Benjamin Doncia was hanged for murder in Florida.

  • The seventh U.S to have the death penalty.

    Jack McCall was executed for the murder of Wild Bill Hickok in South Dakota.

  • The ninth U.S state to have the death penalty.

    Larry Hicks was sentenced to murder for the stabbings of two men in Indiana.

  • The third U.S state to have the death penalty.

    Charles Brooks was executed by lethal injection in Texas.

  • The sixth U.S state to have the death penalty.

    Charles Walker was executed by lethal injection in Illinois.

  • The tenth U.S state to have the death penalty.

    Robert Drew was executed in Vermont.

  • The fifth U.S state to have the death penalty.

    Philip Workman was executed for the death of a police officer.

  • The fourth U.S state to have the death penalty.

    Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by a firing squad.