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Delaware Maintains Pre Revolutionary Whipping Post
In Dover authorities note that Delaware still allows whipping for dozens of offenses under pre Revolutionary practice. The so called Red Hannah whipping post in Sussex County has drawn reform pushes though some lawmakers eye limited reform. Historical records recount 20 lashes for burglary in 1952 and broader punishments in early Delaware.
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