Portal:Hawaii/Selected anniversaries/June 5
June 5[edit]
- 1957 - Gov. Samuel Wilder King signs a bill abolishing the death penalty in Hawaiʻi. The last civilian to be executed in Hawaiʻi was Adriano Domingo, who was hanged on Jan. 7, 1944, for murder. In all, 46 civilians were executed in Hawaiʻi for murder.