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How Michigan became the first English-speaking government to ban the death penalty | BBC News

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How did the US state of Michigan become the first government in the entire English-speaking world to ban the death penalty in 1846?

Two death row cases in particular seemed to influence public opinion and lead to a growing movement to abolish the practice.

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