1. Capital Punishment: The Abolit
In 1695, Captain George Kendall became the first adult to be executed in the Jamestown colony of Virginia. ... Thirteen exonerations of people sentenced to death in Illinois - including three provoked by a journalism class at Northwestern University - prompted Governor George Ryan, a Republican, to declare a moratorium on executions in that state. ...
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- Grade Level: High School