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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 1830 hanging of a tavern keeper, Stephen Gifford Simmons, who had in a drunken fit killed his wife, generated more popular opposition to the death penalty than the prior hanging of Native Americans. [7] Consequently, Simmons' was the last execution under Michigan law.
Country Last execution date Name Crime Method C Algeria August 1993 [1]: seven unnamed Islamic terrorists: terrorism: firing squad: A Angola 1977 [2]: Nito Alves and many of his supporters
Executed July 8, 1938 Murderer and bank robber. Only person ever executed inside Michigan since its admission to the Union. Jeremy Hammond: 18729-424 Released from custody on March 5, 2021. Activist and computer hacker; sentenced 10 years in federal prison for computer fraud in 2013 for hacking the private intelligence firm Stratfor. Oliver Schmidt
Crime Convict Race Age Date Location Jurisdiction Robbery [1]: James Coburn [2] [3]: White 38 4 September 1964 Alabama: State Rape: Ronald Wolfe [4]: White 33 8 May 1964 Missouri
Texas executed eight inmates last year and five this year. The following are the five states with the most executions since the early 1980s, according to the Death Penalty Information Center ...
The Indiana Supreme Court set Joseph Corcoran's execution for Dec. 18 at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. ... Indiana's last execution was in 2009, when it executed Matthew Eric Wrinkles ...
The execution by firing squad was carried out at 10:04 a.m. on January 31, 1945, near the village of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines. The defiant Slovik said to the soldiers whose duty it was to prepare him for the firing squad before they led him to the place of execution: