History of Lynchings of Mexican Americans Provides Context for Recent Challenges to U.S. Death Penalty

From 1846 to 1870, more than 100 men and women were hanged on the branch­es of the noto­ri­ous ​“Hanging Tree” in Goliad, Texas. Many were Mexicans or Mexican Americans and many were killed by lynch­ing. In a November 25 op-ed i…