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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Michigan; which abolished the death penalty in 1847. The one person executed after 1847 was executed by the United States strictly within federal jurisdiction. Thus, it was not performed within the legal boundaries of Michigan as a matter of law.
The last person executed for sorcery in Sweden. Laurien Magee: 1689-1710 Ireland: Burnt at the stake as part of the Islandmagee witch trial. [26] Mary Hicks: d. 1716 England: Mary and her daughter Elizabeth were to be the last Witches executed in England in Huntingdon. [27] Janet Horne: d. 1727 Scotland
Last execution date Name Crime Method C United States Federal Government: 16 January 2021 [68] Dustin John Higgs: aggravated murder: lethal injection: C United States military: 13 April 1961: John A. Bennett: child rape and attempted murder: hanging: D Alabama: 21 November 2024 [69] Carey Dale Grayson: capital murder: nitrogen hypoxia: A Alaska ...
The witch justice group helped successfully spearhead a similar effort in Connecticut, home of the first person executed for witchcraft in the American colonies in 1647 -- Alse Young.
People executed in the Salem witch trials (20 P) Pages in category "American people executed for witchcraft" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Thirteen women and two men were executed in a witch-hunt that lasted throughout New England from 1645 to 1663. [30] The Salem witch trials followed in 1692–93. These witch trials were the most famous in British North America and took place in the coastal settlements near Salem, Massachusetts. Prior to the witch trials, nearly three hundred ...
At least 500 “witches” are thought to have been executed in England between 1542 and 1735, when witchcraft was a capital offense, according to government figures, although historians think the ...
Pages in category "Executed people from Michigan" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... This page was last edited on 23 December 2023, at ...