Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 December 1876

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Bucklew had argued for months that the death penalty would qualify as cruel and unusual punishment due to blood-filled tumours that had grown in his head, neck and throat. He argued that a tumour on his neck could burst when given lethal injection and cause him to choke on his own blood.
(1 October 2019)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1987

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 20th of December 1876 150 years, 2 months and 27 days ago
Murderess Hannah Ocuish is executed by hanging at the age of 12 in New London, Connecticut, United States. Ocuish was hanged for the murder of 6-year-old daughter of a wealthy farmer Eunice Bolles after quarreling with her over some strawberries. She became the youngest person legally executed in America.