A series of botched hangings led to the state of Maine reexamining its use of the death penalty. The state abolished the death penalty in 1876, but it was reinstated for a few years after a series of “cold-blooded murders”. The state abolished the death penalty again in 1883, and has not reinstated it since.
Maine
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