Execution of George Spencer
Wrongful execution in 1642
📍 New Haven, Connecticut USA
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George Spencer was the second person in history to be executed in Connecticut. He was executed by hanging for charges of sodomy after being convicted for an alleged sexual act with an animal, in which it was falsely claimed that Spencer had fathered a female pig's offspring despite this being impossible.
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