1. Death penalty8
Death sentences were carried out by such means as crucifying a person, drowning, beating to death, or burning the person alive. ... In the following century William the Conqueror would not allow any person to be executed for any crime except for in times of war. ... In 1632 Jane champion became the first woman to be executed in the new colonies. ... The electric chair was first built in New York in 1888 and in 1890 William Kemmler became the first man executed by means of the electric chair and soon other states adapted this method. ... Gee Jon was the first to be executed utilizing this ...
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