Delaware
History
1905 Delaware
becomes the last state in the nation to eliminate time in the pillory for acts
of sodomy.
1918 A
Delaware appellate court becomes the first court in the nation to rule that a
solicitation to commit sodomy is not an attempt to commit it.
1962 The
Delaware Supreme Court rules that the state’s strict ban on probation for
sodomy can be ignored by courts.
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