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Died in a solitary confinement cell at Changi Prison's death row section. Found guilty in 1985 of murdering a landlady and her two children, and sentenced to hang. His accomplice Lim Beng Hai, also on death row, was put to death five months later on 5 October 1990 Graham Young: 1990-08-01 United Kingdom: Heart attack Poisoner Died in Parkhurst ...
The following is a list of white defendants executed for killing a black victim.Executions of white defendants for killing black victims are rare. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States in 1976, just 21 white people have been executed for killing a black person (less than 1.36 percent of all executions), whereas the number of black people executed for killing a ...
Died in a shoot out in a crowded courtroom, the dead included 8 Deputy US Marshals and 3 Cherokee citizens. Six Cherokee were wounded including the defendant and the judge. [21] Colfax massacre: 1873 Apr 13 Colfax: Louisiana: 83–153 Black people killed at courthouse and as prisoners afterwards. [22] Coushatta massacre: 1874 Aug Coushatta ...
On the morning of April 12, 2011, the date of his 63rd birthday, corrections officer Ronald Johnson, who had been on the job for 23 years and was close to retiring, was working in the Pheasantland Industries, a print shop building located within the prison compound of South Dakota State Penitentiary, where inmates work on upholstery, signs, furniture, and other projects.
11 people were killed and over 200 were made homeless when police bombed a residential neighborhood. April 3, 1986 Erdman Bascomb: 41 Seattle, Washington: During a drug raid on a Genesee apartment police burst in and shot Bascomb in the chest. Bascomb was holding a black TV remote, which the officer who shot him said he mistook for a gun. [44]
Among those people who were killed was the senior pastor and state senator Clementa C. Pinckney. Roof is the first person on death row for federal hate crimes. [9] Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Co-perpetrator of the Boston Marathon bombing which killed three people and injured 264 runners and spectators. [10] 9 years, 188 days ADX Florence: 95079-038
Approximately 200 Native people were killed, most of whom were women, children, and older men. As part of a campaign to suppress Mountain Chief's band of Piegan Blackfeet, the U.S. Army attacked a different band led by Chief Heavy Runner, to whom the United States government had previously promised their protection.
Part of a series on Genocide Issues List of genocides Genocides in history Before WWI WWI–WWII 1946–1999 21st century Effects on youth Denial Massacre Rape Incitement In relation to Colonialism / War Perpetrators, victims, and bystanders Prevention Psychology Recognition politics Risk factors Stages Types Anti-Indigenous Cultural Paper Utilitarian Studies Outline Bibliography Related ...