Reflections of Conscience in the History of Capital Punishment 

A black and white 1950s print ad saying “The Biggest sensation of any year… Capital Punishment.”

In the U.S., the first instance of capital punishment, a penalty for criminal behavior that results in the perpetrator’s death, authorized by colonial law, was carried out in 1623 as a penalty for the crime of theft of a cow. At the time, a crime, an offense in violation of public law, punishable by death […]

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