History of the Death Penalty

By alaudeman
  • 1800 BCE

    The birth of the death penalty.

    The first established death penalty dates all the way back to the 18th century.

  • First execution

    The first recorded execution for punishment

  • Most used time

    This was the start of when the death penalty was used the most in American history.

  • The changes

    After a complicated case, the rules on giving the death penalty to citizens were made a little more strict.

  • Wrongly accused and convicted.

    since 1973, 186 people have been killed for crimes they didn't commit,

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