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John McCaffary [7] was the only person ever to be executed by the state of Wisconsin. He was executed by hanging for the murder of his wife. McCaffary was hanged from a tree on August 21, 1851, before a crowd of 2,000 to 3,000 people in the area of what is now known as 68th St and 14th Ave.
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]
McCaffary was both the first and last person executed by the State of Wisconsin before the state abolished the death penalty in 1853. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On July 12, 1853, after Chapter 103, Laws of 1853, State of Wisconsin was passed by both houses of the Wisconsin legislature, Governor Leonard J. Farwell signed it and officially abolished ...
Here's what to know about the history of capital punishment in Wisconsin. 'Barbaric, inequitable, unjust': Wisconsin was the first state to abolish the death penalty for all crimes after just one ...
Wisconsin Death Trip is a 1999 docudrama film written for the screen and directed by James Marsh, based on the 1973 historical nonfiction book of the same name by Michael Lesy. The film dramatizes a series of macabre incidents that took place in and around Black River Falls, Wisconsin in the late-19th century.
Crime Convict Race Age Date Location Jurisdiction Robbery [1]: James Coburn [2] [3]: White 38 4 September 1964 Alabama: State Rape: Ronald Wolfe [4]: White 33 8 May 1964 Missouri
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 .
Wisconsin, Mississippi: 1972–1997: 3+ Serial killer who lived for a time in Milwaukee: Joseph Paul Franklin: Multiple: 1977–1980: 8–20+ White supremacist killer executed 2013 [16] Walter E. Ellis: Milwaukee: 1986–2007: 8–10+ Known as "The Milwaukee North Side Strangler" [16] Edward Edwards: Wisconsin, Ohio: 1977–1996: 5–15+ Six ...