The Death Penalty in Pennsylvania
Friday July 30, 2004
While Pennsylvania is not one of the 13 states which have abolished the death penalty, in 1834, Pennsylvania was the first state in the union to abolish public hangings. Learn more about the history of the death penalty in Pennsylvania.
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I think it was a big mistake abolishing public hangings. I would not be a pretty sight, but neither is murder of an innocent person. We have the death penalty in Louisiana, but the bros’ are killing each other right and left. Let’s find a way to make the death penalty REAL again.
Hanging is pretty cruel. they still do it in trinadad though.
how about some public whippings that would deter these brats who are tagging building vandalizing and destroying our churches schools and any public building bring on razor straps !!!!
I dont think people should whipp other people as you say out in public thats stupid and it will not solve anything. As for people being hung its a good thing that its not happening, no one wants to go outside and see someone hanging. The death penalty is real enough as is even if they change the way they go about things there will always be some crazy person out here in the world who wants to kill some one and the death penalty will never change that.
ah,you make me laugh.
Im from europe and in more than 40 countries the only one that uses DP is a nearly “terrorist” state, bielorussia, close to russia.
In few decades u will realize how DP is wrong but ur country has not the experience (young country).
Even the “evil” russia has a moratorium on DP, but not you, the “exemple of freedom”.
ah, makes me laugh… And after that, in a violent, repressive society without social system ur are surprised that there is so many killing spree in schools, etc.? pfff obama my ass the problem is deeper!