History of the Death Penalty

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  • The first new colonies death penalty

    The first death penalty in the new colonies was in Virginia. Captain George Kendall was execute in Jamestown for spying. It was the first recorded death penalty.

  • The First state to have the death penalty

    The first federal state to have the execution was Marine. It was conducted by U.S Marshal Henry Dearborn. He conducted it by hanging the person to death.

  • The first person to have the death penalty by hanging

    Thomas Bird was the first person to be execute by being hanged

  • When the first electric chair was invented

    The method of the electric chair was invented in 1880s in Buffalo, New York dentist named Alfred P. Southwick. This execution method has been used in the United States, Ethiopia and, for several decades, in the Philippines. The electric chair is a wooden chair to make the process faster

  • The first person to be execute by the electric chair

    William Kemmler is the first person to be execute by the electric chair

  • When was the lethal gas invented

    Germans forces shock Allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial. The lethal gas was used for war and death penalty to kill enemy. The Germans used on enemy during the war to kill them to win.

  • The first person to be execute by lethal gas

    Gee Jon was the first to be execute by the lethal gas. His death took place in Nevada. He was convicted of first degree murder by shooting this guy at his house.

  • When the first lethal injection first adopted

    The first lethal injection was adopted in Oklahoma. The lethal injection is the most popular method for execution. The lethal injection is more humane because its cheaper to buy.

  • The first person to be execute of the lethal injection

    Charles Brooks was the first person to be execute from the lethal injection. He was killed in Huntsville, Texas at the penitentiary. He convicted of murdering an auto mechanic.

  • States that do not have the death penalty

    Michigan is the state that never had death penalty, in addition with Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. The states without the death penalty are Alaska, Hawaii, West Virginia, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts, where an effort to reinstate it was defeated last year.

  • States that still have the death penalty

    These are the states that still have the death penalty from the 1880s til now. Here are some states that still have it: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Montana and Texas