Crompton L
J Homosex. 1976;1(3):277-93. doi: 10.1300/J082v01n03_03.
This article traces the legislative history of statues prescribing the death penalty for sodomy in 17th-century New England and in the other American colonies. New England and some middle colonies broke with English legal tradition by adopting explicitly biblical language. After the Revolution, Pennsylvania took the lead, in 1786, in dropping the death penalty.
本文追溯了17世纪新英格兰及其他美国殖民地规定对鸡奸处以死刑的法规的立法历史。新英格兰和一些中部殖民地打破了英国法律传统，采用了明确的圣经用语。独立战争后，宾夕法尼亚于1786年率先废除了死刑。
