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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.
Capital punishment in Michigan was legal from the founding of Sault Ste Marie in 1668 during the French colonial period, until abolition by the state legislature in 1846 (except nominally for treason). Only one federal execution has ever been carried out in Michigan, at FCI Milan in 1938.
On March 30, 1920, he married 17-year-old Catherine Boyd, who was four months pregnant with their daughter Vera. [8] On July 20, 1920, Chebatoris was convicted of armed robbery of a Packard cashier in Detroit and faced a maximum sentence of twenty years behind bars, [9] [10] but was paroled after serving six-and-a-half years at Jackson State ...
From 1790 to 1963, there were 332 Federal, 271 Territorial and 40 Indian Tribunal executions according to the most complete records. [3] The youngest person executed was James Arcene on June 18, 1885, at the age of 23 for his role in a robbery and murder committed when he was 10 years old.
EAST LANSING — Ever wonder what Michigan State University looked like 100 years ago? These photographs from the United States National Archives give us a glimpse of life on campus during the ...
Demetrius Terrence Frazier (October 29, 1972 – February 6, 2025) was an American convicted murderer and serial rapist executed in Alabama for the 1991 rape and murder of 40-year-old Pauline Brown, after a robbery on November 27, 1991.
An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé decades ago was put to death Wednesday, marking the state’s first execution in 15 years.
11-year-old girl kidnapped while riding her bicycle: Murder of Matt Landry Detroit 2009-08-09 21-year-old car jacked at an Eastpointe restaurant, found in an abandoned home in Detroit, shot execution style by 2 teens. Murder of Jim Pouillon: Owosso: 2009-09-11: Activist shot while protesting against abortion in front of Owosso High School [20]