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This is a list of at least 351 people executed in Massachusetts, United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Capital punishment in Massachusetts was ruled unconstitutional and effectively abolished in 1984. [ 3 ]
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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Reuben Atwater Chapman (Sept. 20, 1801 Russell, Massachusetts – June 28, 1873 Flüelen, Switzerland) was an American attorney who served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court from 1868 until his death in 1873.
However, the Massachusetts General Court has continuously opposed the death penalty. [9] In 1997, an attempt by Republican Governor Paul Celluci to reinstate the death penalty was defeated by one vote in the General Court. In 2014, the General Court repealed the death penalty statute by a vote of 131-18 in the House and 35-4 in the Senate. [6] [10]
Bridgewater is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. [1] As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the town's population was 28,633. [2] The town center of Bridgewater is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 35 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island. [3]
John Chapman was born July 14, 1965, in Springfield, Massachusetts to Eugene and Terry Chapman and grew up in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. [4] He had two sisters, Lori and Tammy, and a brother, Kevin. He graduated from Windsor Locks High School in 1983.
The town is represented in the Massachusetts Senate as a part of the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district, which includes all or parts of Avon, Braintree, Canton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Milton, Randolph, Sharon and Stoughton. [16] The town is patrolled by the Fourth (Middleborough) Barracks of Troop D of the Massachusetts State Police. [17]