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==Death for "sodomy"==

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The Delaware Assembly passed a "sodomy" law reproducing the [[Sodomy law: Pennsylvania, May 31, 1718|Pennsylvania law of 1718]] (instituting the death penalty for the crime).<ref>{{GLA}} p. 131, citing ''Laws of the State of Delaware . . .'' (New-Castle, Pa.: Samuel and John Adams, 1797), vol. I, p. 67. For the law of 1826: ''Laws of Delaware'' (Wilmington: R. Porter, 1826), p. 139.</ref> This Delaware law apparently remained in effect until 1826 when the death penalty for this crime was revoked.

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