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LakeSuperiorView

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10. 1911 was when it was abolished. A 1906 botched hanging was the last execution.

Reply to Scruffy1 (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 19, 2018, 11:04 PM

Dec 2018

The rope was too long and they had to pull up on the rope for 14 minutes after he hit the floor to complete the task.

I didn't think there was anything that could make the 1920 lynchings in Duluth worse, but the fact that the death penalty was abolished nine years earlier somehow makes it worse.

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