Richard Law (judge)
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Richard Law was a delegate to the First Continental Congress, the Second Continental Congress, and the Congress of the Confederation. He was Mayor of New London, Connecticut, and a United States distr
Judge Richard Law
Hannah Ocuish
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Hannah Ocuish was a 12-year old Pequot Native American girl with an intellectual disability, who was hanged on December 20, 1786, in New London, Connecticut for the murder of 6-year-old Eunice Bolles.
Richard Law (judge)
…of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. In the modern day, he has become infamously known for convicting and sentencing Hannah Ocuish, a 12-year-old Native American girl to death for the murder of a 6-year-old white girl. Born on March 7, 1733, in Milford, Connecticut Colony, British…
1964 depiction of Ocuish's execution