Public executions in the US were once a community spectacle. Then they stopped
Public executions were once held openly in the United States and drew large crowds as community events. They stopped happening decades ago, with the last public executions occurring in the 1930s in Kentucky and Missouri. A recent case involving a military shooter raised the question of whether to allow public viewing of an execution, which would mark the first such event since those 1930s hangings.
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Public executions in the U.S. were once a community spectacle and then they stopped