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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
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Executions are rarely carried out in the state — the most executions in one year was five in 1939, and there was an average of less than one hanging per year between 1849 and 1963. The death penalty was abolished in 1913 and reinstated in 1919.
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]
Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla. Dodd was executed at 12:05 a.m. on January 5, 1993, at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. He was pronounced dead by the prison doctor and his body was transported to Seattle for autopsy. King County Medical Examiner Donald Reay found that Dodd had died quickly, within two to three minutes ...
Ted Bundy was one of the most notorious serial killers in history. He murdered more than 30 women between the years of 1974 and 1978, according to Biography.. In 1989, The 42-year-old "lady killer ...
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.