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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since 1976, 23 people convicted of capital murder have been executed by the state of Mississippi. Of the 23 people executed, 4 were executed via gas chamber and 19 via lethal injection. [1]
The laws on the books in Mississippi also provide the death penalty for aircraft hijacking under Title 97, Chapter 25, Section 55 of the Mississippi Code, but in 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kennedy v. Louisiana, that the death penalty is unconstitutional when applied to non-homicidal crimes against the person. However, the ruling ...
At this point in time, Loden and Jordan had exhausted all their appeals and the state Attorney General could apply to the Mississippi Supreme Court to set execution dates for both of them. [23] In 2017, the Mississippi Supreme Court rejected another appeal from Loden for post-conviction relief. [24] [25]
The Mississippi Supreme Court has temporarily delayed ruling on whether to set an execution date for a man on death row for capital murder. The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the ...
Cox was the first person to be executed in Mississippi after the state's nine-year moratorium on capital punishment. The last execution took place in 2012 prior to Cox's execution. [25] Cox was the 18th person in the state to be subjected to execution by lethal injection since 2002. [26]
The Mississippi Supreme Court set an execution date of Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, for Cox after he said he wanted to surrender all appeals. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) (ASSOCIATED PRESS ...
Approximately four hours before the scheduled time of execution on May 7, 2013, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled 8-1 to grant Manning a stay of execution. The judges gave no reason for this decision. [54] On July 25, 2013, the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed its earlier 5–4 ruling preventing the testing of fingerprints and DNA evidence.
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