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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Michigan; which abolished the death penalty in 1847. The one person executed after 1847 was executed by the United States strictly within federal jurisdiction. Thus, it was not performed within the legal boundaries of Michigan as a matter of law.
Artistic depiction of the execution by burning of three alleged witches in Baden, Switzerland in 1585. This is a list of people executed for witchcraft, many of whom were executed during organized witch-hunts, particularly during the 15th–18th centuries. Large numbers of people were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe between 1560 and 1630.
Michigan , carried out only one federal execution at FCI Milan in 1938. Michigan's death penalty history is unusual, as Michigan was the first Anglophone jurisdiction in the world to abolish the death penalty for ordinary crimes. [1] [2] The Michigan State Legislature voted to do so on May 18, 1846, and that has remained the law ever since. [3]
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 3, 2023 Amber McLaughlin [a] 49 30 19 Female White Missouri: Lethal injection [6] 2 January 10, 2023 Robert Alan Fratta: 65 37 28 Male Texas [7] 3 January 12, 2023 Scott James Eizember: 62 42 20 Oklahoma [8] 4 February 1 ...
But England’s last ‘witch’ may have survived ... Up to 60,000 so-called “witches” are thought to have been executed across Europe during the 1600s and 1700s, with tens of thousands more ...
A judge sentenced a Michigan teenager to life in prison Friday for killing four students and terrorizing others at Oxford High School, after listening to hours of gripping anguish from parents and ...
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: 21 November 2024 [69] Carey Dale Grayson: capital murder: nitrogen hypoxia: A Alaska ...
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