Entries tagged with “Vic Fischer”
Oct 26, 2023
Vic Fischer, co-sponsor of Alaska abolition bill, dies at 99
On October 22, 2023, Vic Fischer, the last surviving signer of the Alaskan state constitution, died at age 99. Mr. Fischer, along with Rep. Warren Taylor, sponsored the death penalty abolition bill that passed in the Alaska territory’s legislature in 1957, two years before Alaska gained statehood. The bill read: “The death penalty is and shall hereafter be abolished as punishment in Alaska for the commission of any crime.”