Domingo Soto: Because Freedom Isn't Dumb

PR DEATH PENALTY CASE PUTS ISLAND AT ODDS WITH US
The last execution in Puerto Rico, a hanging, took place in 1927. Two years later, Puerto Rico's legislature — like those throughout much of Latin America — outlawed the death penalty. The 1952 Constitution, which defined Puerto Rico's status as a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States, reiterated the unconditional ban on capital punishment.
(TalkLeft, unearthed by Paul Whitehurse)