I just checked Delaware Archives blog. The last whipping in Delaware was in 1952; and whipping was removed from the penal code in 1972.
Whether things have gotten better or worse SINCE then, I’ll leave to you to decide.
1972 was the year Bite Me was elected to the Senate defeating incumbent Caleb Boggs, a good Republican... The last time there were 3 patriots representing Delaware in Congress. Now there are 3 Communists and no patriots.
I have, for many years, maintained that the punishment for vandalism should be public shaming. My proposal has the miscreant placed in a cage in a shopping mall — modern version of the town square. Nobody can physically harm him, but people can hurl insults.