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Sir William Berkeley (/ ˈ b ɑːr k l iː /; 1605 – 9 July 1677) was an English colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1660 to 1677. One of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina , as governor of Virginia he implemented policies that bred dissent among the colonists and sparked Bacon's Rebellion .
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 7, 2026 Quisi Bryan: 55 29 26 Male Black Ohio: Lethal injection: Profile: 2 February 11, 2026 Antonio Sanchez Franklin: 47 18 29 Profile: 3 March 12, 2026 James Earl Trimble: 65 44 21 White Profile: 4 June 17, 2026
Bacon's Rebellion The Burning of Jamestown by Howard Pyle Date 1676–1677 Location Jamestown, Colony of Virginia Goals Change in Virginia's Native American-Frontier policy Methods Demonstrations, vigilantes Resulted in Failure of the rebellion Mass executions of the rebellion's leaders Berkeley recalled to England Parties Virginia colonists, indentured servants and slaves Colony of Virginia ...
William Drummond (born c. 1617, died January 20, 1677) was a Scottish indentured servant in Virginia who became the first colonial governor of Albemarle Sound settlement in the Province of Carolina, but alienated Virginia governor William Berkeley, became a ringleader of Bacon's Rebellion and was executed after his capture. [1] [2]
The longest sitting death row inmate, Fred Singleton, is also the oldest at age 80. He was convicted in 1983 after sexually assaulting a 73-year-old woman and strangling her to death with a ...
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 ...
CHILLICOTHE— Last month, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine postponed the executions of three men on death row. One man was scheduled to be executed for the killing of a Ross County resident in 1985 ...
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 ...