Reposted by Robyn Edmanson
"Qld’s abolition of the death penalty in 1922, made it the first jurisdiction in the British Empire to do so. W.A., the final state to do away with capital punishment, abolished it in 1984. Britain abolished the death penalty in 1965 and Canada in 1976." theconversation.com/how-a-botche...
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How a botched execution and proposed livestream of a firing squad fit in to the US’ death penalty history
Two death penality cases in the US have shocked the world: one for being botched and the other for possibly being made public.