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To this date, Ralph Hudson's 1963 electrocution is the last execution in New Jersey's state history. [4] In 2006, New Jersey lawmakers drafted a moratorium on executions while a task force studied the fairness and cost of the death sentence. New Jersey had eight people on Death Row at the time. [5] On December 10, 2007, the New Jersey Senate ...
At least 361 people have been officially executed in New Jersey (including the pre-Revolution Colony of New Jersey) starting with the execution of a slave named Tom for rape in 1690 and ending with the execution of Ralph Hudson for murder on January 22, 1963. The last execution for a crime other than murder was of Andrew Clark in 1872 for rape.
Ralph James Hudson (c. 1920 – January 22, 1963) was the last person to be executed by New Jersey. A native of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, Hudson was tried and convicted of stabbing his 49-year-old estranged wife Myrtle Hudson to death as she worked in an Atlantic City, New Jersey, restaurant. [1] Hudson turned down a plea deal for second ...
The United States has executed 23 men this year, with six of those executions coming during one remarkable 11-day period. At least two more executions are scheduled before the end of the year.
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 March 7, 2025 Brad Keith Sigmon: 67 43 24 Male White South Carolina: Firing squad: Profile: 2 March 13, 2025 David Leonard Wood: 29 38 Texas: Lethal injection: Profile: 3 March 18, 2025 Jessie D. Hoffman Jr. 46 18 28 Black Louisiana ...
Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included. In general, executions carried out in the territory of a sovereign state when it was a colony or before the sovereign state gained independence are not included. The colours on the map correspond to and have the same meanings as the colours in the charts.
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