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//__Capital Punishment Timeline__//
Home Important Events History of Action Already Taken Important Involved replace it with a life sentene without parole for 25 years for all first degree murders ||  morally acceptable and 49% say it is not used often enough ||
 * = United Kingdoms Abolishment of Capitol Punishment ||
 * = Year of Event ||= Event ||
 * = 1908 ||= Citizens under 16 are no longer legaly responsible for hanging ||
 * = 1922 ||= A woman killing her child is no longer a capital offence ||
 * = 1931 ||= Pregnant women are no longer allowed to be hung ||
 * = 1933 ||= Citizens under 18 are no longer allowed to be executed ||
 * = 1948 ||= House of Lords overrules the House of Commons attempt to stop capital punishment ||
 * = 1956 ||= The death penalty abolition bill is overturned by the Lord's ||
 * = 1957 ||= Homicide Act limits the use of capital punishment ||
 * = 1965 ||= Capital punishment for murder cases is stopped for 5 years ||
 * = 1969 ||= Execution for murder is abolished ||
 * Canada Abolishment of Capitol Punishment ||
 * Year of Event || Event ||
 * 1892-1961 || penalty for all murders is death by hanging ||
 * 1961 || murder was divinded into capital and non-capital ||
 * 1914 || the first bill trying to abolish the death penalty was introducedd ||
 * 1954 || rape is no longer considered a capital offense ||
 * 1976 || a bill was passed for free vote to abolish capital punishment from canda and to
 * 1998 || death penalty is no longer use for any punishment ||
 * United States Capital Punishment History ||
 * 1622 || The first legal execution of a criminal ||
 * 1636 || The Massachusetts Bay Colony listed the 13 crimes that were punishable by death ||
 * 1846 || Michigan was the first state to abolish the death penalty ||
 * 1852 || Rhode Island abolishes the death penalty ||
 * 1853 || Wisconsin abolshes the death penalty ||
 * 1888 || New York is the first state to use electricution as a form of execution ||
 * 2007 || Gallup Poll states that 69% of the US supports the death penalty, 66% believe that it is

​Capital Punishment Laws of the World

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 * [[image:http://www.religioustolerance.org/_themes/topo/topbul1d.gif width="15" height="15" caption="bullet"]] || **Blue** : Abolished for all crimes ||
 * [[image:http://www.religioustolerance.org/_themes/topo/topbul1d.gif width="15" height="15" caption="bullet"]] ||  **Yellow-Green** : Abolished for crimes except those committed in exceptional circumstances (e.g. crimes committed in time of war) ||
 * [[image:http://www.religioustolerance.org/_themes/topo/topbul1d.gif width="15" height="15" caption="bullet"]] ||  **Orange** : Abolished in practice ||
 * [[image:http://www.religioustolerance.org/_themes/topo/topbul1d.gif width="15" height="15" caption="bullet"]] ||  **Reddish-brown** : Legal form of punishment for heinous offenses ||

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