How Wisconsin Eliminated the Death Penalty |
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Read about the final person to be executed in Wisconsin before the state prohibited the death penalty. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Engine fragment from the van used in the Sterling Hall bombing, 1970. (Museum object #1994.8) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Arm and leg restraints that bound John McCaffary, the last man executed in Wisconsin, 1851. (Museum object #1976.249.1–.2) |
Wisconsin's first and only legal execution was for spousal murder in the 1800s. Read about past efforts to re-establish the death penalty in the state. |
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