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{{Refimprove|date=February 2008}}'''Capital punishment in Wisconsin''' was abolished in 1853.
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[[Wisconsin]] was one of the earliest abolitionist states and the only state that has performed only one execution in its history.
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Since its admission to the Union on [[May 29]], [[1848]], as the 30<sup>th</sup> State, the only execution carried out in Wisconsin was that of immigrant [[farmer]] [[John McCaffary]], who was [[hanging|hanged]] on [[August 21]], [[1851]] in [[Kenosha County, Wisconsin|Kenosha County]] for drowning his wife.<ref>[http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/regional_studies_the_midwest.htm Regional Studies The Midwest<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/WISCONSIN.htm</ref><ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/museum/artifacts/archives/001550.asp Wisconsin Historical Society | Wisconsin Historical Images<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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Wisconsin abolished the death penalty in 1853, just two years after McCaffary's execution (in part due to the public revulsion at the spectacle which McCaffary's execution became),<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=11148&research_term=death death penality in Wisconsin<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.wisbar.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=50092&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm Pendleton, Alexander T. & Blaine R. Renfert. "Wisconsin's Legal History: Part IV: A Brief History of Wisconsin's Death Penalty," ''Wisconsin Lawyer'']</ref> becoming just the second state after [[Michigan]] to do so.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1588 Report of the Select Committee, to whom was referred, a Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty - Wisconsin Historical Society<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Chances of reintroduction are thought to be very slim due to the progressive tradition of the state.
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In 2006, an advisory rrferendum gave 55% of the the Wisconsin voters favorable to the legislative restoring of the capital punishment; the legislators did not follow the vote.<ref>http://www.cjlf.org/files/WiscDPresults.htm</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Capital punishment in the United States]]
* [[Capital punishment in Michigan]]

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Revision as of 17:13, 13 October 2008

Capital punishment in Wisconsin was abolished in 1853.

Wisconsin was one of the earliest abolitionist states and the only state that has performed only one execution in its history.

Since its admission to the Union on May 29, 1848, as the 30th State, the only execution carried out in Wisconsin was that of immigrant farmer John McCaffary, who was hanged on August 21, 1851 in Kenosha County for drowning his wife.[1][2][3]

Wisconsin abolished the death penalty in 1853, just two years after McCaffary's execution (in part due to the public revulsion at the spectacle which McCaffary's execution became),[4][5] becoming just the second state after Michigan to do so.[6] Chances of reintroduction are thought to be very slim due to the progressive tradition of the state.

In 2006, an advisory rrferendum gave 55% of the the Wisconsin voters favorable to the legislative restoring of the capital punishment; the legislators did not follow the vote.[7]

External links

Notes

  1. ^ Regional Studies The Midwest
  2. ^ http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/WISCONSIN.htm
  3. ^ Wisconsin Historical Society | Wisconsin Historical Images
  4. ^ death penality in Wisconsin
  5. ^ Pendleton, Alexander T. & Blaine R. Renfert. "Wisconsin's Legal History: Part IV: A Brief History of Wisconsin's Death Penalty," Wisconsin Lawyer
  6. ^ Report of the Select Committee, to whom was referred, a Bill to Abolish the Death Penalty - Wisconsin Historical Society
  7. ^ http://www.cjlf.org/files/WiscDPresults.htm

See also

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