Capital punishment in Wisconsin
- Capital punishment in Wisconsin
Capital punishment in Wisconsin was abolished in 1853.
Wisconsin was one of the earliest abolitionist states and the only state that has performed only one execution in its history.
Since its admission to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th State, the only execution carried out in Wisconsin was that of immigrant farmer John McCaffary, who was hanged on August 21, 1851 in Kenosha County for drowning his wife. [ [http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/regional_studies_the_midwest.htm Regional Studies The Midwest ] ] [http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/WISCONSIN.htm] [ [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/artifacts/archives/001550.asp Wisconsin Historical Society | Wisconsin Historical Images ] ]
Wisconsin abolished the death penalty in 1853, just two years after McCaffary's execution (in part due to the public revulsion at the spectacle which McCaffary's execution became), [ [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=11148&research_term=death death penality in Wisconsin ] ] [ [http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=50092&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm Pendleton, Alexander T. & Blaine R. Renfert. "Wisconsin's Legal History: Part IV: A Brief History of Wisconsin's Death Penalty," "Wisconsin Lawyer"] ] becoming just the second state after Michigan to do so. [ [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1588 Report of the Select Committee, to whom was referred, a Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty - Wisconsin Historical Society ] ] Chances of reintroduction are thought to be very slim due to the progressive tradition of the state.
Wisconsin has one of the lowest per-capita murder rates in the Union. [ [http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/state/ Death Penalty Information Center ] ] [http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/wisconsin/Wisconsin_FactSheet.pdf]
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ee also
* Capital punishment in the United States
* Capital punishment in Michigan
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