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12/31/1805 |
Charlestown State Prison opens. |
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1810 |
Two pirates are hanged at Boston Neck. |
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11/25/1812 |
Residents sign a petition protesting the use of Boston Common as the site of executions. |
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12/10/1812 |
Pirate Samuel Tully is hanged in South Boston. |
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03/13/1817 |
Henry Phillips is hanged on Boston Neck for murder. |
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02/08/1819 |
Four pirates are hanged on the gallows at Boston Neck. |
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06/17/1819 |
Freeman Backhouse is sentenced to three years in prison for picking the pocket of Flavel Case. |
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06/20/1822 |
Leverett Street Jail opens. |
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1825 |
Boston Prison Discipline Society is established. |
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1826 |
House of Reformation for Juvenile Offenders (first) is built. |
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