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The Uniform Simultaneous Death Act is a uniform act enacted in some U.S. states to alleviate the problem of simultaneous death in determining inheritance.. The Act specifies that, if two or more people die within 120 hours of one another, and no will or other document provides for this situation explicitly, each is considered to have predeceased the others.
Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1973 historical nonfiction book by Michael Lesy, originally published by Pantheon Books. It charts numerous sordid, tragic, and bizarre incidents that took place in and around Jackson County, Wisconsin between 1885 and 1900, primarily in the town of Black River Falls .
The spectacle of McCaffary's slow death in front of thousands led reformers in Wisconsin to press for abolition of the death penalty. On July 12, 1853, Wisconsin Governor Leonard J. Farwell signed a law that abolished the death penalty in Wisconsin and replaced it with a penalty of life imprisonment. The law is still in effect and no one has ...
Two less severe murder offenses in Wisconsin law are first- and second-degree reckless homicide. First-degree reckless homicide is defined as recklessly causing the death of another human being under circumstances which show utter disregard for human life. Though it is a lesser offense compared with first-degree intentional homicide, first ...
In 2006, an advisory referendum showed 55.5% of Wisconsin voters were in favor of reinstating capital punishment. The state legislature did not adopt any statute to implement the popular vote. [4] A 2013 poll by Marquette Law School showed that 46.6% of Wisconsin voters supported reinstating capital punishment, while 50.5% opposed. [5]
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