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capitol punishment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What year was Cyanide gas first used as a form of execution? | 1924 |
| What was the first Western European country to eliminate capital punishment? | Italy |
| What year did Canada end capital punishment? | 1962 |
| What was the court case that outlawed capital punishment in the US? | Furman v. Georgia |
| What year was capital punishment banned in the United States? | 1972 |
| What was the court case that reinstated capitol punishment in the United States? | Gregg v. Georgia |
| What year was capital punishment reinstated in the United States? | 1976 |
| What was the first state to execute a criminal after the death penalty was reinstated in the United States? | Utah |
| What wear was the execution of the mentally disabled banned? | 2002 |
| What wear was the capital punishment banned for juveniles? | 2005 |