... the United States, according to deathpenalty.procon.org. Different states and colonies have their own ideas on the subject, and others jumped aboard the death penalty train later down the road. In the Massachusetts Bay the first execution wasn't until 1630. Later on 1780, they changed their beliefs and only recognized seven capital crimes punishable by death, which were as followed ... states stated that there was no crime possible that should be punished by death. The list goes on and on, these were a few of the founding states that were front runners in Capital Punishment. Eventually ...

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