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Apr 1, 2024 · Hawaii and Alaska ended capital punishment in 1957, and Delaware did so the next year. Controversy over the death penalty gripped the nation forcing politicians to take sides. Delaware restored the death penalty in 1961. Michigan abolished capital punishment for treason in 1963. Voters in 1964 abolished the death penalty in Oregon.
1834 - Pennsylvania becomes the first state to move executions into correctional facilities. 1838 - Discretionary death penalty statutes enacted in Tennessee. 1847 - Michigan becomes the first state to abolish the death penalty for all crimes except treason.
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President Truman proclaims end of World War II (combat ended in 1945 but the hostilities were considered over once war crime trials in 1946 ended) Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with approximately 20 employees ENIAC (for “Electronic Numerical Integrator and Co...
The V-2 rocket launched into space Kenneth Arnold makes first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington; a downed extraterrestrial spacecraft is reportedly found near Roswell, New Mexico The first practical electronic transistor is demonstrated Edwin Land, founder of the Polaroid Corporation, makes first “instant camera”, the Pola...
The first tape recorder is sold Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional The U.S. State Department announces plans to place objects into Earth’s orbit
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F.B.I., gives actress Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen President Truman establishes rocket test range at Cape Canaveral, Florida President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents.
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The U.S. Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming The first shopping mall opens in Southfield, Michigan Ground breaking begins on Disneyland in Anaheim, California President Eisenhower reports detonation of first H-bomb (done in 1952) President Eisenhower warns against U.S. intervention in Vietnam The first microbiology laboratory opens The...
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Mar 3, 2022 · The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that the federal government had 51 prisoners with death sentences in December 2020, executing 16 prisoners from 1977 to 2021: two in 2001, one in 2003, 10 in 2020, and three in 2021. In contrast, states had 2,418 prisoners on death row at the end of 2020.
May 15, 2024 · The death penalty has existed in the United States since colonial times. Its history is intertwined with slavery, segregation, and social reform movements. There are excellent sources available for those interested in the history of capital punishment.
The Death Penalty Census is DPIC’s effort to identify and document every death sentence imposed in the U.S. since Furman. The census captures more than 9,800 death sentences imposed between the Supreme Court’s issuance of the Furman ruling and January 1, 2022.
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The California State Legislature re-enacted the death penalty statute in 1977. Under the new statute, evidence in mitigation was permitted. The death penalty was reinstated as a possible punishment for first-degree murder under certain conditions.
