Capital punishment in Massachusetts
Abolished in 1984 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Capital punishment, more commonly known as the death penalty, was a legal form of punishment from 1620 to 1984 in Massachusetts, United States. This practice dates back to the state's earliest European settlers. Those sentenced to death were hanged. Common crimes punishable by death included religious affiliations and murder.[1]
Federal crimes committed in Massachusetts may still be subject to the death penalty, for example, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was originally sentenced to death by a federal court on May 15, 2015, for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing.[2]