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Hannah Ocuish, the Glossary

Hannah Ocuish (sometimes "Occuish"; March 1774 – December 20, 1786) was a 12-year old Pequot Native American girl, possibly with an intellectual disability, who was hanged on December 20, 1786, in New London, Connecticut, for the murder of Eunice Bolles, the 6-year-old daughter of a wealthy farmer.^[1]

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18th-century Native American women
18th-century executions of American people
Executed people from Connecticut
Juvenile offenders executed by the United States
Native American people from Connecticut
People convicted of murder by Connecticut
People executed by Connecticut by hanging
People with intellectual disability
Pequot people

Alice Glaston

Alice Glaston (– 13 April 1546) was an 11-year-old English girl from Little Wenlock who was hanged in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, under the reign of Henry VIII. Hannah Ocuish and Alice Glaston are executed children.

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Blunt trauma

Blunt trauma, also known as blunt force trauma or non-penetrating trauma, describes a physical trauma due to a forceful impact without penetration of the body's surface.

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British America

British America comprised the colonial territories of the English Empire, and the successor British Empire, in the Americas from 1607 to 1783.

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Calico

Calico (in British usage since 1505) is a heavy plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton.

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Capital punishment in Connecticut

Capital punishment in Connecticut formerly existed as an available sanction for a criminal defendant upon conviction for the commission of a capital offense.

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Capital punishment in the United States

In the United States, capital punishment (killing a person as punishment for allegedly committing a crime) is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa.

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Child murder

Pedicide, child murder, child manslaughter, or child homicide is the homicide of an individual who is a minor.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Connecticut General Assembly

The Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut.

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Culpability

In criminal law, culpability, or being culpable, is a measure of the degree to which an agent, such as a person, can be held morally or legally responsible for action and inaction.

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Exoneration

Exoneration occurs when the conviction for a crime is reversed, either through demonstration of innocence, a flaw in the conviction, or otherwise.

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Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution creates several constitutional rights, limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures.

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George Stinney

George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) was an African American boy who, at the age of 14, was convicted and then executed in a proceeding later vacated as an unfair trial for the murders of two young white girls in March 1944 – Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 8 – in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina. Hannah Ocuish and George Stinney are American people executed for murder, executed children and Juvenile offenders executed by the United States.

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Grand jury

A grand jury is a jury—a group of citizens—empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought.

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Groton, Connecticut

Groton is a town in New London County, Connecticut located on the Thames River.

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Guilt (law)

In criminal law, guilt is the state of being responsible for the commission of an offense.

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Hanging

Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature.

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Inculpatory evidence

Inculpatory evidence is evidence that shows, or tends to show, a person's involvement in an act, or evidence that can establish guilt.

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Indictment

An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.

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Innocence Project

Innocence Project, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal organization that is committed to exonerating individuals who have been wrongly convicted, through the use of DNA testing and working to reform the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

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Intellectual disability

Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability (in the United Kingdom) and formerly mental retardation (in the United States),Rosa's Law, Pub.

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John Dean (convict)

John Dean (1620 – 23 February 1629) was an 8- or 9-year-old English boy who was hanged during the reign of Charles I. He is likely the youngest person ever to be executed in England.

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Ledyard, Connecticut

Ledyard is a Town in New London County, Connecticut, United States, located along the Thames River.

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List of people executed in Connecticut

This is a list of people executed in Connecticut, prior to the abolition of capital punishment in the state on April 25, 2012.

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Mary (slave)

Mary (died August 11, 1838) was an American enslaved teenager who was hanged for the murder of Vienna Brinker, a two-year-old girl she was babysitting. Hannah Ocuish and Mary (slave) are American female murderers, American murderers of children, executed American women, executed children and Juvenile offenders executed by the United States.

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Mitigating factor

In criminal law, a mitigating factor, also known as an extenuating circumstance, is any information or evidence presented to the court regarding the defendant or the circumstances of the crime that might result in reduced charges or a lesser sentence.

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Murder in United States law

In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction.

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NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Ocuish

Also known as Hannah Omish.

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See also

18th-century Native American women

18th-century executions of American people

Executed people from Connecticut

Juvenile offenders executed by the United States

Native American people from Connecticut

People convicted of murder by Connecticut

People executed by Connecticut by hanging

People with intellectual disability

Pequot people

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