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Capital punishment was first abolished in Rhode Island in 1852, reinstated in 1873 and was finally abolished in 1984. [1] 53 people were ever executed in Rhode Island, 51 by hanging, 1 by hanging, drawing and quartering and 1 by hanging and gibbeting. [2] Only 8 of the executions were after Rhode Island’s statehood.
John Gordon (c. 1815 – February 14, 1845) [1] was the last person executed by the U.S. state of Rhode Island.His conviction and execution have been ascribed by researchers to anti-Roman Catholic and anti-Irish immigrant bias. [2]
His death was confirmed by Rhode Island State Police Colonel Steven O'Donnell, who called Ouimette "one of the most notorious villains Rhode Island has ever known." [11] His body was sent back to Rhode Island for a funeral and burial. [3] Ouimette had more than ten criminal convictions in his life, including one for punching an FBI agent.
According to Hicks' testimony, [3] he was born around 1820 in Foster, Rhode Island. His father was a farmer who had seven sons, of whom Hicks was the second youngest. He was known to be headstrong and a fighter. He never attended school and worked on the farm until age 15 when he ran away to Norwich, Connecticut, where he began a life of crime.
Executed people from Rhode Island (2 P) P. ... Pages in category "Criminals from Rhode Island" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Jeffrey S. Mailhot (born November 9, 1970), also known as The Rhode Island Ripper, is an American serial killer who murdered three prostitutes in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, between 2003 and 2004. [1] After strangling his victims to death, Mailhot dismembered their corpses with a saw, placed them in garbage bags , and threw them in dumpsters.
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Raymond J. Lassor (born 1963) is an American serial killer who strangled to death three women, and attempted to murder a fourth, in the span of a little over two months in 1984. [1]