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Tag: maine death penalty

Posted inPortland

Maine’s historic death penalty was never consistently applied

Avatar photo by Troy R. Bennett December 24, 2022December 23, 2022

Only seven out of 28 people executed in Maine were free white men originally from here, not experiencing mental health issues.

Posted inMidcoast

Joshua Chamberlain made sure a Black veteran was hanged in Maine

Avatar photo by Troy R. Bennett November 4, 2022November 4, 2022
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Maine State Prison warden was stabbed to death by an inmate in 1863

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Posted inPortland

Civil War soldier executed in Maine for desertion may have been disabled

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Posted inPortland

The 1st prisoner executed by Maine’s state government murdered his own son

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A suspected Maine counterfeiter got hanged and a preacher made money off his story

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A blacksmith works on a piece of metal
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Maine blacksmith went to the gallows after helping a stranger evade the law

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Posted inPortland

A Maine man tried to kill his way to heaven, but it didn’t work as planned

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Posted inPortland

A Mount Desert Island man was hanged twice for 1 murder

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A popular pirate was put to death in Maine during the US’s 1st federal execution

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A faked will couldn’t save this Irish convict from the gallows in Maine

Avatar photo by Troy R. Bennett June 17, 2022June 16, 2022
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A Maine Revolutionary War hero had a local civilian executed for aiding the enemy

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Posted inPortland

Maine’s 1st sensational, true crime murder stories were written by Puritan preachers

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Posted inPortland

Most of Maine’s early executions were of women, Native Americans and enslaved people

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A tombstone with an American flag is shown in a cemetery
Posted inPortland

A mock hanging didn’t stop a Maine man from murdering his own child in 1754

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Posted inPortland

These Mainers were scheduled to be hanged on the same day for unrelated 18th century crimes

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Posted inYork

Maine woman wants to humanize the state’s most notorious child murderer

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Posted inPortland

Maine’s 2nd-ever condemned murderer wasn’t convinced God could forgive him

Avatar photo by Troy R. Bennett March 13, 2022April 17, 2022
Posted inYork

The 1st murderer condemned on Maine soil was convicted with supernatural evidence

Avatar photo by Troy R. Bennett February 24, 2022April 17, 2022

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