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Date of execution Method Victim(s) President 1 Timothy James McVeigh: White 33 M June 11, 2001 Lethal injection: 8 federal law enforcement officers [a] George W. Bush: 2 Juan Raul Garza: Hispanic 44 M June 19, 2001 Thomas Albert Rumbo, Gilberto Matos, and Erasmo De La Fuente [b] 3 Louis Jones Jr. Black 53 M March 18, 2003 U.S. Army Private ...
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In the late 1980s, Senator Alfonse D'Amato, from New York State, sponsored a bill to make certain federal drug crimes eligible for the death penalty as he was frustrated by the lack of a death penalty in his home state. [11] The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 restored the death penalty under federal law for drug offenses and some types of murder. [12]
Minister president (1942–1945) October 24, 1945: Executed by firing squad Edward James Roye Liberia: March 11, 1815: President (1870–1871) February 11, 1872: Sentenced to death, died in uncertain circumstances before sentence was carried out Saddam Hussein Iraq: April 28, 1937: President (1979–2003) December 30, 2006: Executed by hanging ...
Also known as the Catherine wheel, after Catherine of Alexandria who was executed by this method. Burning: At the stake. Infamous as a method of execution for heretics and witches. A slower method of applying single pieces of burning wood was used by Native Americans to torture their captives to death. [5] Molten metal.
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 February 13, 2025 James Dennis Ford: 64 36 28 Male White Florida: Lethal injection: Profile: 2 Richard Lee Tabler: 46 25 21 Texas: Profile: 3 March 7, 2025 Brad Keith Sigmon: 67 43 24 South Carolina: To be determined: Profile: 4 ...
The Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that focuses on disseminating studies and reports related to the death penalty. Founded in 1990, DPI is primarily focused on the application of capital punishment in the United States .
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: 6 February 2025 [69] Demetrius Terrence Frazier: capital murder: nitrogen hypoxia: A ...