The First and Last Execution

The first execution in the state of Minnesota was on December 29th 1854. It was the hanging of a Native American man named Yu-Ha-Gu. This man was executed for committing a murder. The last execution in the state of Minnesota was on February 13th 1906. Another hanging, this time the executed was William Williams a 27 year old white male also convicted of a murder. (Executions, 2004) The differences between these two executions include only race, where the first man was Native American and the last was White, and date, where the first execution was in December of 1854 and the last in February of 1906. However, the age of the first man is not given and that could have been a difference also.

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Executions in the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY file [Chart]. (2002). Executions by state. Retrieved from http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ESPYstate.pdf