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May 25, 1979: The execution that reset America's death penalty

Florida death row prisoner executed in 1979 for the murder of Joseph Szymankiewicz. The execution was the first involuntary execution in the United States after the 1976 reinstatement of capital punishment.

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  • 1979 American Airlines Flight 191 crashes on takeoff from Chicago O'Hare
  • 1971 Joetha Collier killed in Drew, Mississippi on her graduation night
  • 1978 Unabomber's first bomb injures Northwestern University police officer
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