By Sandra Dallas, Special to The Denver Post The History of the Death Penalty In Colorado By Michael L. Radelet (University Press of Colorado) You might think from the movies and the pulps that there were thousands of hangings in the West.  In fact, Colorado has had only 103 legal executions in its history.  That’s not to say they haven’t been popular.  Executions once were public events akin to the Super Bowl, with crowds estimated at more than the local population. Whether you were executed for a crime or let off with a slap on the wrist was the luck of the draw, writes Michael L.

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