List of last executions in the United States by crime explained

This is a list of the last executions in the United States for the crimes stated.

List of last persons to be executed for a crime other than murder

Crime ConvictRaceAgeDate Location Jurisdiction
Robbery[1] James Coburn[2] [3] White384 September 1964State
RapeRonald Wolfe[4] White338 May 1964MissouriState
Aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury by an inmate serving a life sentence for murderRudolph Wright[5] [6] Black3111 January 1962CaliforniaState
KidnappingBilly Monk[7] [8] [9] [10] White2621 November 1960CaliforniaState
Burglary with intent to ravishRoss McAfee[11] [12] [13] [14] Black3922 November 1957North CarolinaState
EspionageEthel and Julius RosenbergWhite35 (Julius) and 37 (Ethel)19 June 1953New YorkFederal
DesertionEddie Slovik[15] White2431 January 1945Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France (Firing squad)Military
BurglaryFrank Bass[16] [17] [18] [19] Black238 August 1941AlabamaState
Train robberyBlack Jack KetchumWhite3726 April 1901New MexicoFederal (New Mexico Territory)
ArsonGeorge Hughes, George Smith, and Asbury Hughes[20] White21 (George Hughes), 30 (George Smith) and 22 (Asbury Hughes)1 August 1884AlabamaState
Stealing, treason, and conduct unbecoming a slaveAmy Spain[21] Black1710 March 1865South CarolinaMilitary (Confederate States)
Conspiracy to commit murderFive unnamed Yuki men[22] NativeUnknown21 July 1863CaliforniaState
Nathaniel Gordon[23] White3021 February 1862New YorkFederal
Slave revoltCaesar, Sam, and Sanford (slaves)BlackUnknown19 October 1860AlabamaState
TreasonWilliam Bruce Mumford[24] White427 June 1862Union-occupied New OrleansMilitary
Aiding a runaway slaveStarling CarltonWhiteUnknown1859South CarolinaState
TheftJake (slave)BlackUnknown3 December 1855AlabamaState
Horse theft (Grand Larceny)Theodore Velenquez[25] HispanicUnknown30 January 1852CaliforniaState
ForgeryRayWhiteUnknown6 March 1840South CarolinaState
CounterfeitingThomas Davis[26] White6011 October 1822AlabamaState
BestialityJoseph Ross[27] [28] WhiteUnknown1785PennsylvaniaState
Concealing the birth/death of an infantHannah Piggen[29] UnknownUnknown1785MassachusettsState
AdulteryMary Latham and John Britton[30] White18 (Lantham)21 March 1643MassachusettsState

Statistics

From 1930 to 1967, 3859 criminals were executed, sorted in the following table:[31]

!Crime!Total executions!Blacks!Whites!Other races
Murder33341630166440[32]
Rape455405482[33]
Armed robbery[34] 251960
Kidnapping200200
Burglary111100
Sabotage6060
Aggravated assault by a life-term prisoner6150
Espionage[35] 2020
Total38592066175142

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Coburn was charged with murder and robbery, but the murder charge never went to trial.
  2. https://www.baltimoresun.com/2008/01/05/supreme-court-to-hear-case-on-death-penalty-restriction/ Supreme Court to hear case on death penalty restriction
  3. News: 1964-06-08 . Coburn . 11 . Alabama Journal . 2022-04-18.
  4. Web site: RAPE WHERE VICTIM LIVED . https://web.archive.org/web/20090512175820/http://users.bestweb.net/~rg/execution/RAPE.htm . 2009-05-12 . May 12, 2009 . December 1, 2011.
  5. Web site: People v. Wright, 55 Cal.2d 560.
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=7gxUiDX3yqEC&dq=%22rudolph+wright%22+execution&pg=PA219 United States Demographics, Part B
  7. Web site: People v. Monk, 56 Cal.2d 288.
  8. News: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, April 27, 1960 . 2010-04-27 . 2019-02-04 . en-US.
  9. Web site: More on Capital Punishment . 2016-10-24 . MarshallsKnowledge© . en . 2019-02-04.
  10. News: San Quentin Gas Chamber Claims Life of Billy Monk . November 23, 1961 . Valley News . 19.
  11. News: 22 November 1957. Man's Life Taken for Rape Attempt. Charlotte News.
  12. Book: 100 S.E.2d 249 (N.C. 1957); 247 N.C. 98; STATE v. Ross McAFEE (alias J. C. Adams). No. 361, Supreme Court of North Carolina.. November 6, 1957.
  13. Book: Berger, Peter L.. Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist: How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore. 2011-06-07. Prometheus Books. 978-1-61614-390-9. 40. en.
  14. Book: Christianson, Scott. The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber. 2010. University of California Press. 978-0-520-25562-3. en.
  15. Web site: The Sad Story of Private Eddie Slovik . 28-110-k.org . December 1, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100107011405/http://www.28-110-k.org/sad_story_of_private_eddie_slovi.html . January 7, 2010 .
  16. News: August 8, 1941 . Negro Is First To Die For Night Burglary . 2 . . August 27, 2013.
  17. News: August 8, 1941 . Alabama executes Negro for burglary . Monroe News Star Newspaper . February 4, 2018.
  18. News: 1941-08-08 . First Burglar Goes To Chair Under New Death Penalty Law . 1 . The Montgomery Advertiser . 2019-02-04.
  19. News: 1941-08-08 . Alabama Negro To Die For Night Burglary . 8 . The Palm Beach Post . May 26, 2021.
  20. News: A story back in time. November 11, 2011. Chambless. Ann B.. The Daily Sentinel. August 27, 2013.
  21. Kathleen A.. O'Shea. 1994. Till death do us part. Nemesis. 10. 2. 54.
  22. Berry, Irene; O'Hare, Sheila and Silva, Jesse (2006). Legal Executions in California: A Comprehensive Registry, 1851–2005. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, p. 61.
  23. [Atlantic slave trade|Slave trading]
  24. John Conn and four other persons were executed for treason on 1862 in Texas, under Confederate authority.
  25. Berry, Irene; O'Hare, Sheila and Silva, Jesse (2006). Legal Executions in California: A Comprehensive Registry, 1851–2005. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, p. 10.
  26. Book: Niles' National Register. 288. January 4, 1823. 23.
  27. Book: Manion, Jen. Liberty's Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America. 2015-10-07. University of Pennsylvania Press. 978-0-8122-9242-8. en.
  28. Book: Gutierrez. Ramon A.. The New Latino Studies Reader: A Twenty-First-Century Perspective. Almaguer. Tomas. 2016-08-23. Univ of California Press. 978-0-520-28484-5. 422. en.
  29. Web site: Bathsheba Spooner, Hannah Piggen, and Rachel Wall. 2008-08-11. Tattered Fabric: Fall River's Lizzie Borden. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151019000732/https://phayemuss.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/bathsheba-spooner-hannah-piggen/. 2015-10-19.
  30. Web site: Mary Latham Marries an Older Man – And Regrets It - New England Historical Society. 2020-06-22. www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com. 16 March 2015. en-US.
  31. Book: United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee No. 3. Capital punishment. Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, second session. 1972. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.. Boston Public Library. 265.
  32. 17 Native Americans, 13 Filipinos, 8 Chinese and 2 Japanese.
  33. Native Americans.
  34. Two executions for bank robberies causing death (Tony Chebatoris and James Dalhover) included here.
  35. [Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]

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