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John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. (born June 19, 1939) is an American pastor and author who hosts the national Christian radio and television program Grace to You. [ 1] He has been the pastor of Grace Community Church, a non-denominational church in Sun Valley, California since February 9, 1969. [ 2] He is currently the chancellor emeritus of The ...
Capital punishment for juveniles in the United States existed until March 2, 2005, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in Roper v. Simmons. Prior to Roper, there were 71 people on death row in the United States for crimes committed as juveniles. [ 1] The death penalty for juveniles in the United States was first applied in 1642.
John Roderick MacArthur (December 21, 1920 – December 15, 1984) was a U.S. businessman and philanthropist in Chicago. The J. Roderick MacArthur Foundation, a philanthropic organization supporting civil rights in the United States, was established in his name. The foundation established the MacArthur Justice Center, a public interest law firm ...
George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) was an African American boy who, at the age of 14, was convicted and then executed in a proceeding later vacated as an unfair trial for the murders of two young white girls in March 1944 – Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 8 – in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina.
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.
In Tennessee, hanging was a legal method of execution until 1913, when executions were suspended for two years. In 1915, the electric chair was introduced and used for 45 years. Between 1960 and 2000, the death penalty however was not applied in Tennessee. The death penalty was reinstated there in 1975, but executions did not resume until 2000 ...
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Florida . Since 1976, the state has executed 105 convicted murderers, all at Florida State Prison. [ 1] As of July 31, 2024, 280 offenders are awaiting execution. [ 2]
Capital punishment was abolished via the legislative process on May 2, 2013, in the U.S. state of Maryland. [ 1] The Metropolitan Transition Center still houses Maryland's now defunct execution chamber. The death penalty had been in use in the state or, more precisely, its predecessor colony since June 20, 1638, when two men were hanged for ...