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  2. Capital punishment in New York - Wikipedia

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    In 2005, supporters of the death penalty in the New York Legislature passed a bill restoring New York's death penalty in the Republican-controlled State Senate, [28] [29] but the legislation was voted down by a legislative committee in the Democratic-controlled New York Assembly, and was not enacted into law. [7]

  3. Capital punishment in Canada - Wikipedia

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    From 1867 to the elimination of the death penalty for murder on July 26, 1976, 1,481 people had been sentenced to death, and 710 had been executed. Of those executed, 697 were men and 13 women. The only method used in Canada for capital punishment of civilians after the end of the French regime was hanging .

  4. Timeline of New York City - Wikipedia

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    Free Academy of the City of New York founded (later City College of New York). [21] [7] Madison Square Park and Astor Opera House open. Grace Church built. 1848 pencil drawing of a side and top view of a needlefish caught in New York, N.Y., drawn by Jacques Burkhardt. 1848 December: Cholera outbreak begins, its spread initially limited by ...

  5. Why is the death penalty still used? Let's look at the pros ...

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    When the French parliament overwhelmingly outlawed the death penalty in 1981, he put his hand on the plaque commemorating Victor Hugo’s seat, also a strident abolitionist, and said “It is done.”

  6. Capital punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Three states abolished the death penalty for murder during the 19th century: Michigan (which has never executed a prisoner and is the first government in the English-speaking world to abolish capital punishment) [32] in 1847, Wisconsin in 1853, and Maine in 1887.

  7. Death penalty repeal bill fails by one vote in South Dakota ...

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    Rusch presided over one death penalty case in 1997 and sentenced the man to die. “The courts have made it clear that the execution of a human being is one of the most significant decisions a ...

  8. Arizonans could decide fate of death penalty in 2026 - AOL

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    (The Center Square) – An Arizona Democratic lawmaker is seeking to let voters decide if the death penalty could be legal in 2026. Rep. Patty Contreras, D-Phoenix, filed House Concurrent ...

  9. 1987 in Canada - Wikipedia

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    a bill to restore the death penalty was defeated by the House of Commons in a 148–127 vote, in which Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Minister of Justice Ray Hnatyshyn, and Minister of External Affairs Joe Clark opposed the bill, whereas Deputy Prime Minister Donald Mazankowski and a majority of Progressive Conservative MPs supported it. [4] [5 ...