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This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021. [1] [2]
The last execution for rape took place on February 17, 1961. The youngest person to have been executed in Virginia was Percy Ellis, who at the age of 16 was electrocuted on March 15, 1916. Only two women, Virginia Christian in 1912 and Teresa Lewis in 2010, were put to death by the state, when it took over executions from the counties.
The state had last executed a female, 17-year-old Virginia Christian, in 1912. [5] The case led to debate over capital punishment owing to Lewis's sex, as well as to questions regarding her mental capacity. Capital punishment was abolished in Virginia on March 24, 2021, officially making Lewis the last woman to be executed in Virginia.
Hanging was one method of execution in Colonial America. According to the Espy file, Daniel Frank was hanged in 1623 for cattle theft in the Jamestown colony. [4] [5] John Billington is thought to be one of the first men to be hanged in New England; Billington was convicted of murder in September 1630 after he shot and killed John Newcomen.
Last execution date Name Crime Method C Antigua and Barbuda: 2 February 1991 [4] Tyrone Nicholas: murder: hanging: A Argentina: 12 June 1956 [46] Juan José Valle: treason: firing squad: C Bahamas: 6 January 2000 [4] David Mitchell: murder: hanging: C Barbados: 10 October 1984 [4] Noel Jordan, Melvin Inniss, and Errol Farrell: hanging: C Belize ...
West Virginia abolished capital punishment in 1965, but the last execution was in 1959. According to the West Virginia Encyclopedia, 94 men were put to death between 1899 and 1959—in the early ...
Pages in category "People executed by Virginia by hanging" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... This page was last edited on 1 April 2013
People executed by Virginia by hanging (15 P) L. People executed by Virginia by lethal injection (8 P) ... This page was last edited on 7 August 2017, at 03:11 (UTC).