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Another execution of note in Kentucky was that of Rainey Bethea. Bethea was executed by hanging on 14 August 1936 for the rape of 70-year-old Lischia Edwards. He had also confessed to her murder by strangling but the Commonwealth indicted him only on the rape charge since that was the only capital crime for which the penalty was public hanging.
Robert McGladdery (1961) last execution in Northern Ireland; Dennis McGuire (2014) Duncan McKenzie (1995) first post-Gregg execution in Montana; Harold McQueen Jr. (1997) first post-Gregg execution in Kentucky; Daisy de Melker (1932) George Mercer (1989) first post-Gregg execution in Missouri; Louisa May Merrifield (1953)
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: To be determined: 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
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His execution was filmed, in a beheading video titled "A Message to America". Steven Sotloff (2014) — beheaded in the Syro-Arabian desert by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, one month after the beheading of James Foley. His execution was filmed, and released with the title "A Second Message to America".
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in Kentucky since 2008, and only three since 1976. The most recent execution was of Marco Allen Chapman, who was executed for two murders.
1649 Charles I of England executed following a trial set up by the Rump Parliament 1659 Ahmad al-Abbas , Sultan of Morocco, by his uncle, Abdul Karim Abu Bakr Al-Shabani 1664 Muhammad ibn Sharif , Sultan of Morocco, killed in battle by troops loyal to his half-brother Moulay Rashid , who succeeded him
William Goffe, c. 1613/1618 - 1679/1680, was a religious radical from London who fought for Parliament during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.Nicknamed “Praying William” by contemporaries, he approved the Execution of Charles I in January 1649, but escaped prosecution as a regicide by fleeing to the New England Colonies.