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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Too bad Wisconsin doesn't have the death penalty.

That's something I've been wondering. Was that a legislative move or a Tommy Thompson thing?

44 posted on 05/18/2007 2:23:47 PM PDT by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)

To: AuntB

Was that a legislative move or a Tommy Thompson thing?

Neither, there was a "botched" hanging in 1851 which resulted in public disgust with the procedure. Wisconsin abolished the death penalty in 1853.

Regards,
GtG

47 posted on 05/18/2007 2:44:16 PM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)

To: AuntB

Was that a legislative move or a Tommy Thompson thing?

The state abolished the death penalty in 1853.

49 posted on 05/18/2007 5:06:49 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

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