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Date of Execution Method Crime Governor John Elfus January 15, 1884 Hanging murder of Dan Haggerty [1] Jochin Henry Timmerman April 6, 1888 murder of William Sterling [2] Edward Gallagher July 11, 1890 murder of Lewis Marr [3] Robert Thompson Day June 3, 1892 murder of Thomas Beebe [4] Elisha P. Ferry: Charles Brooks September 6, 1892
Pages in category "People executed by Washington (state) by hanging" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
In 1996, Washington legislators made lethal injection the state's default method of execution. In 2018, the Washington Supreme Court declared the state's death penalty was unconstitutional, effectively abolishing capital punishment in the state and likely making Campbell the last person to be executed by hanging in the state. [18]
It was the site of Washington State's death row and where executions were carried out, until the Washington Supreme Court ruled the state's death penalty statute unconstitutional on October 11, 2018, thereby abolishing capital punishment in the state. Methods for execution were lethal injection and hanging.
If the inmate made no decision, lethal injection was the default method. Washington was the last state with an active gallows (Delaware dismantled theirs in 2003). [6] According to the Revised Code of Washington § 10.95.180, executions in Washington: [7] [8]
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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.
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