... the first American to be released on the grounds of DNA testing. Big and huge leap for the field of criminal justice right there. President Clinton made some stricter laws when he signed the 1994 crime bill. This bill created sixty new crimes punishable by the death penalty including; large scale drug trafficking, terrorist homicides, and the murder of a federal law enforcement officer ... . On January 25 of 1996, a man by the name of Bill Bailey was the last execution by hanging, and March 3rd of 1999, marked the last execution by gas chamber. During this time period of 1977-99, a total...

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