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nonplussedbyreligion: North Carolina GOP Lawmaker Calls For Bringing Back Public Hangings, Starting With Abortion Providers
Reblogged from nonplussedbyreligion
The last legal public hanging in America took place in 1936 in Owensboro, Kentucky. The “event” attracted 20,000 people and turned into such a sickening spectacle that many credit it with ending the practice in the U.S.
But one North Carolina Republican believes…