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    The History of the Death Penalty: A Timeline

    Eighteenth Century B.C. — first estab­lished death penalty laws.

    Eleventh Century A.D. — William the Conqueror will not allow per­sons to be hanged except in cas­es of murder.

    1608 — Captain George Kendall becomes the first record­ed exe­cu­tion in the new colonies.

    1632 — Jane Champion becomes the first woman exe­cut­ed in the new colonies.

    1767 — Cesare Beccaria’s essay, On Crimes and Punishment, the­o­rizes that there is no jus­ti­fi­ca­tion for the state to take a life.

    Late 1700s — United States abo­li­tion­ist movement begins.

    Early 1800s — Many states reduce their num­ber of cap­i­tal crimes and build state penitentiaries.

    1823 – 1837 — Over 100 of the 222 crimes pun­ish­able by death in Britain are eliminated.

    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

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