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Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
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Trial, Error, and the Abolition of the Death Penalty

Thomas L. Coffey

Jerry L. Morton

The abolition of the death penalty for murder in the United States and English speaking world first occurred in Michigan in 1846. Prominent Michigan historians have maintained that two executions were pivotal in creating popular support for abolition. One execution referred to in this article of a man named Simmons has previously been well described. The other, the Canadian execution of a man named Fitzpatrick, has never been documented. This article documents the crime, arrest, detention, trial, sentence, appeal and execution of Fitzpatrick. It briefly analyzes the relationship between Fitzpatrick's hanging and Michigan's historic position on the death penalty.

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Vol. 5, No. 4, 248-255 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/104398628900500406
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