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The Ash Street Jail and Regional Lock-Up, located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is a jail for inmates awaiting trial from Bristol County, Massachusetts. The Ash Street Jail is one of the oldest operating jails in the United States. It is a medium to a maximum-security facility.
Capital punishment, more commonly known as the death penalty, was a legal form of punishment from 1620 to 1984 in Massachusetts, United States. This practice dates back to the state's earliest European settlers. Those sentenced to death were hanged. Common crimes punishable by death included religious affiliations and murder. [1]
Vazquez-Jimenez was convicted of sex abuse of a child. The cause of death was hanging, according to Utah county authorities. Jail or Agency: Utah County Jail; State: Utah; Date arrested or booked: 6/3/2015; Date of death: 5/16/2016; Age at death: 45; Sources: Utah County Sheriff's Office, www.heraldextra.com
While in prison for the murder of his mother, Daniel Thomas Tavares Jr. sent a threatening letter to one of the prison staff indirectly claiming responsibility for the Highway Killings. He lived in New Bedford, and had knowledge of where another murdered woman, Gayle Botelho, had been buried, within a mile from his home.
Died in a solitary confinement cell at Changi Prison's death row section. Found guilty in 1992 of kidnapping and murdering his former employer, and sentenced to hang. His accomplice Ibrahim Masod, also on death row, was put to death 11 months later on 29 July 1994 Joe "Pegleg" Morgan: 1993-11-08 Mexico (detained by the United States) Liver cancer
DARTMOUTH — Five inmates have been charged in connection to the uprising and lockdown at the Bristol County House of Correction last April that caused an estimated $100,000 to $200,000 in damages.
On Death Row is a television mini-series written and directed by Werner Herzog about capital punishment in the United States. The series grew out of the same project which produced Herzog's documentary film Into the Abyss. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2012, on Channel 4. [2]