Not to bring my readers down during the Holidays, but on this day in 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged in Mankato, Minnesota for their involvement in the Dakota War that summer. Minnesota has not had the death penalty since 1911, but it holds the ignominious distinction of being the site of the largest mass execution in U.S. history.
I'm glad you mentioned this. In William Kent Krueger's book, This Tender Land, he talks about this event as well.
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