2015 Event Pakistan reinstates the death penalty for all crimes, extending a previous reinstatement only for terrorism cases; the country has had a moratorium on capital punishment since 2008 but lifted it after terrorist attacks in December 2014 2014 Event Pakistani officials have arrested suspects in the Taliban's military school attack that killed 148 people; the government has lifted a death penalty moratorium and has bombed militant strongholds along the Afghan border to address terrorist violence 2014 Event Former Egyptian President President Mohamed Mursi and nine others have been charged with giving confidential state security information to the government of Qatar; if convicted of treason, Mursi could face the death penalty 2014 Event U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder authorizes federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 2013 Event Prosecutors for Boston Marathon bomber and Islamic terrorist Dzhokar Tsarnaev discuss a plea deal to avoid the death penalty in exchange for life in prison without parole 2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI urges Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy law whereby those who insult the Prophet Muhammed receive the death penalty 2010 Event A male Algerian is fined by a court in Nice for insulting the French national flag; this was the first such penalty ever to be administered 2005 Event The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 1995 Event New York City reinstates the death penalty 1995 Event New York becomes 38th state to have the death penalty 1994 Death Tengis Abuladze, Georgia SSR MP (Penalty), dies at 71 1988 Event New Jersey Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes 1986 Event SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky 1985 Event Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Caps 1st playoff penalty shot 1985 Event Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders 1985 Event Bryan Trottier failed on 9th Islander penalty shot 1984 Event New Jersey Devils 1st penalty shot-Rocky Trottier scores against Edmonton 1984 Event Flyers' Ron Sutter fails on 11th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 Event Blackhawk Bill Gardner scores on 10th penalty shot against Islanders 1984 Event Oiler's Wayne Gretzky is 3rd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1984 Event Nordiques' Michel Goulet scored on 9th penalty shot against Islanders 1983 Event Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot 1983 Event Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot 1982 Event Clark Gilles fails in 7th Islander penalty shot 1982 Event Randy Holt sets Washington Capitals record of 34 penalty minutes 1981 Event Ranger's Anders Hedberg is 2nd to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1981 Event Philadelphia Flyers amass a record 2,621 penalty minutes 1980 Event Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot 1979 Event Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Event Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Event Flyers' Rick MacLeash scores on 6th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Event Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 5th penalty shot against Islanders 1978 Event Ranger's Don Murdoch failed on 4th penalty shot against Islanders 1977 Event Canuck's Ron Sedlbauer fails on 3rd penalty shot against Islanders 1977 Event 25th Islander shut-out Resch 6-0 Gilles scores on 5th penalty shot 1977 Event Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws 1977 Event Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders 1976 Event Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers 1976 Event Supreme Court rules death penalty not inherently cruel or unusual 1976 Event Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot 1975 Event 1st successful Washington Capitals penalty shot, Ken Lockett vs Vancouver Canucks 1975 Event Lorne Henning scores on 3rd Islander penalty shot 1974 Event 1st Washington Capitals penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres 1974 Event Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot 1974 Event Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot 1973 Event Islanders and Sabres had a penalty free game 1972 Event Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot 1972 Event Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual 1972 Event California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty 1971 Event Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping 1969 Event Britain abolishes death penalty 1969 Event British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty 1968 Event Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors and 2 game misconducts in a game against New York Rangers in New York's MSG 1968 Event Jim Dorey sets Toronto Maple Leaf penalty records (48 minutes on 9 penalties in a game and 44 minutes on 7 penalties in a period) 1968 Event Wayne Connelly is 1st to score on a Stanley Cup penalty shot 1965 Event NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold 1962 Event South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 1961 Event Gideon Hausner in Jerusalem demands death penalty for Adolf Eichmann 1961 Event President Kennedy signs law against hijacking (death penalty) 1956 Event Death penalty against KPM-director Leon Jungschlaeger 1956 Event Britain abolishes death penalty 1953 Event Mont Canadiens (106) and Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty minutes 1950 Event U.S.S.R. re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage 1940 Event Pittsburgh and Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game 1940 Event NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards 1938 Event Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game 1937 Event Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot 1936 Event Brooklyn and Boston play a penalty free NFL game 1936 Event 1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs Rangers 1934 Event 1st Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher unsuccessful vs Rangers 1934 Event 1st penalty shot vs Toronto Maple Leafs, Mondou (Mont) unsuccessful 1934 Event Brooklyn and Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game 1930 Event NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty 1921 Birthday Caryl Chessman, kidnapper who got death penalty, 1960 1847 Event Michigan becomes 1st English-speaking jurisdiction to abolish the death penalty (except for treason against the state) 1846 Event U.S. state Michigan ends death penalty 1730 Event States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy" 1663 Event Gemert fines unwed motherhood (50 guilder penalty) 1646 Event Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word
