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The Death Penalty Historical Timeline

The Death Penalty Should stay because its a deserved punishment, provides closure for families, helps with overpopulation, and will make criminals think twice before they do wrong.

Sources:

  • Historical Timeline. ProCon.Org, 2013. Web. 26, Nov, 2015

The year 1890

  • Death Penalty Fast Facts. CNN, 2015. Web. 26, Nov, 2015
  • William Kemmler is the first man executed by the electric chair, which had been developed in New York in 1888 by Dr. Alfred Southwick.
  • Vice News. "Should There Be A Death Penalty?-The People Speak" Youtube, 31 Mar. 2015. Web. 26 Nov. 2015.

The year 1608

The year 1924

  • This was the first ever execution in the colonies that took place in Jamestown, Virginia. Captain Henry George Kendall is executed for suspicion of being a spy for Spain.
  • The use of cyanide gas is introduced as an execution method.

The year 1834

Were you paying attention?

  • Pennsylvania becomes the first state to remove executions from the public eye by moving them to state penitentiaries. Before then all executions were public; usually hangings.

1. Who was the first person ever executed in the colonies?

3. Execution's reach there highest levels in American History with ___ deaths per year.

B. William Kemmler

A. Henry Kendal

The 1930's

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A. 167

B. 176

C. 187

4. What execution method was introduced in the year 1924?

  • Executions reach there highest levels in American History averaging 167 people per year.

2. In what year did Pennsylvania become the first State to remove execution from the public eye?

B. Cydadine

A. Cyadine

A. 1843

B.1834

C. Cyanide

C. Niether

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