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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Michigan; which abolished the death penalty in 1847. The one person executed after 1847 was executed by the United States strictly within federal jurisdiction. Thus, it was not performed within the legal boundaries of Michigan as a matter of law.
The last person executed for sorcery in Sweden. Laurien Magee: 1689-1710 Ireland: Burnt at the stake as part of the Islandmagee witch trial. [26] Mary Hicks: d. 1716 England: Mary and her daughter Elizabeth were to be the last Witches executed in England in Huntingdon. [27] Janet Horne: d. 1727 Scotland
State Last execution date Name Crime Method A Government of Australia: 11 June 1951: Takuma Nishimura: war crimes: hanging: A Australian Capital Territory: never used: A New South Wales: 24 August 1939 [4] John Trevor Kelly: murder: hanging: A Northern Territory: 7 August 1952 [4] Jaroslav Koci and Jan Novotny: murder: hanging: A Queensland: 22 ...
Connecticut state senators in May voted by 34-1 to absolve 12 women and men convicted of witchcraft — 11 of whom were executed — more than 370 years ago and apologize for the “miscarriage of ...
Anthony Chebatoris (May 10, 1898 – July 8, 1938) was a Russian-born bank robber and convicted murderer who is the only person to be executed in the U.S. state of Michigan since it gained statehood in 1837.
State police publicly disclosed Sunday that human remains were found last week in Lenawee County, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) southwest of Detroit. Remains found on Michigan property confirmed ...
At least 500 “witches” are thought to have been executed in England between 1542 and 1735, when witchcraft was a capital offense, according to government figures, although historians think the ...
Michigan , carried out only one federal execution at FCI Milan in 1938. Michigan's death penalty history is unusual, as Michigan was the first Anglophone jurisdiction in the world to abolish the death penalty for ordinary crimes. [1] [2] The Michigan State Legislature voted to do so on May 18, 1846, and that has remained the law ever since. [3]