Original sentence: Chances of reintroduction are very slim, because of the progressive tradition of the state.Wisconsin abolished the death penalty in 1853, just two years after McCaffary's execution (in part due to the public revulsion at the spectacle which McCaffary's execution became),  becoming just the second state after Michigan to do so.Wisconsin has one of the lowest per-capita murder rates in the Union
Edited sentence: Chances of reintroduction are very slim, because of progressive traditions of this state.Wisconsin abolished the death penalty just two years after McCaffary execution - in 1853, and became just the second state after Michigan to do so.Wisconsin has one of the lowest per-capita murder rate in the Union