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Anne Askew (sometimes spelled Ayscough or Ascue), married name Anne Kyme (1521 – 16 July 1546), [1] was an English writer, poet, and Protestant preacher who was condemned as a heretic during the reign of Henry VIII of England.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Indiana since its statehood. A total of 21 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Indiana in the United States since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1977. Before 1995, electrocution was the sole method of execution.
Sister in law of Anne Boleyn and also the widow of Lord Rochford (George Boleyn) lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard. Executed for treason. German Gardiner: 7 March 1544 Executed for treason. Anne Askew: 16 July 1546 Burned at the stake in Smithfield for heresy Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey: 19 January 1547 Executed for treason.
In that time, 13 executions were carried out in Indiana but those were initiated and performed by federal officials in 2020 and 2021 at a federal prison in Terre Haute. Indiana’s last state execution was in 2009 when Matthew Wrinkles was put to death for killing his wife, her brother and sister-in-law in 1994.
Corcoran's death was announced in a brief written statement early Wednesday, first emailed by the Indiana Department of Correction and then provided on paper to reporters outside the prison. Little information was included except the start time of the execution at 12:01 a.m. and Corcoran being pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m.
In that time, 13 executions were carried out in Indiana but those were initiated and performed by federal officials in 2020 and 2021 at a federal prison. Corcoran is scheduled to be executed before sunrise Wednesday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of Chicago.
Corcoran was convicted of killing the four men on May 22, 1999, and sentenced to death on Aug. 26, 1999. The quadruple murders occurred five years after Corcoran was acquitted of the fatal ...
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. Joseph ...