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==death for sodomy==

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The Duke of York's Laws, including a capital sodomy provision ([[The Duke of York's Laws: March 1, 1665|see 1665]]), were by an executive order of Governor Edmund Andros made operative in the area later to become Pennsylvania.<ref>{{GLA}}, p. 111, citing Harry Elmer Barnes, ''The Evolution of Penology in Pennsylvania: A Study in American Social History'' (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927), p. 29; Crompton, "Homosexuals," p. 282.</ref>


This law was next revised in [[Sodomy law: Pennsylvania, December 7, 1682|1682]].

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