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Rosalie Ida Straus (née Blün; February 6, 1849 – April 15, 1912) was a German-American homemaker and wife of Isidor Straus, U.S. Congressman and co-owner of the Macy's department store. She and her husband died during the sinking of the Titanic .
Few juveniles have ever been executed for their crimes. Even when juveniles were sentenced to death, few executions were actually carried out. In the United States for example, youths under the age of 18 were executed at a rate of 20–27 per decade, or about 1.6–2.3% of all executions from 1880s to the 1920s.
Jesse Straus was born in Manhattan on June 25, 1872, as the eldest son of the German immigrants Isidor Straus (1845–1912) and Ida Straus (1849–1912), both of whom died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Isidor was co-owner of the department store R.H. Macy & Co., along with his uncle Nathan Straus.
The Pope was among those who called on Biden to commute the sentences of those on death row before leaving office. Others argued that an execution was a fitting remedy for hate-fueled mass killer.
Lucio is one of seven women on death row in Texas, which includes 174 condemned inmates in all. No execution date has been set for Lucio since the Criminal Court of Appeals ordered Nelson to ...
The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2] Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions , the information may become outdated.
Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson sat praying in a cell Thursday night just feet from the execution chamber where he was set to be put to death for the murder of his toddler – even as the ...
An inscription reads, "Lovely and pleasant they were in their lives, and in death they were not divided." (2 Samuel 1:23) New York City Public School P.S. 198, built in Manhattan in 1959, is named in memory of Isidor and Ida Straus. The building, at Third Avenue between East 95th and 96th Streets, shares space with another school, P.S. 77.