Who was the first and last person to be executed under Wisconsin state law, and when?

TheJay

TheJay says: Couldn't resist the chance to research the laws of my home state. Anywho, the last person to be executed under Wisconsin state law was John McCaffary on August 21, 1851. Other history of Wisconsin's death penalty can be found at this website: http://www.wisbar.org/wislawmag/archive/history/pt04.html Sat Jun 16 14:09:35 CDT 2001 It was the only execution under STATE law. Sat Jun 16 21:17:09 CDT 2001 (Reposted as one entry - McG) Apr 02 03, 4:59 PM

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