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A total of 1,043 people have been executed in Pennsylvania since 1693, [2] [3] the third highest of any other state or commonwealth in the Union, after New York (1,130) and Virginia (1,361). [ 4 ] Until 1915, hanging was the common method of execution. 1915 saw the first use of the electric chair , even though it was approved by the ...
Pennsylvania has only executed three inmates since 1976. The first was Keith Zettlemoyer in May 1995, followed by Leon Moser in August 1995. The third and most recent execution was carried out in July 1999, with the execution of Gary M. Heidnik. In all three cases, the individuals dropped their right to appeal. This makes Pennsylvania one of ...
Three states abolished the death penalty for murder during the 19th century: Michigan (which Only executed 1 prisoner and is the first government in the English-speaking world to abolish capital punishment) [38] in 1847, Wisconsin in 1853, and Maine in 1887.
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Texas has executed the most inmates of any other state in the nation, and it's not even close. The Lone Star state has put 591 inmates to death since 1982, most recently Garcia Glen White on Oct. 1.
List of people executed in the United States in 2000; List of people executed in the United States in 2001; List of people executed in the United States in 2002
Total executions Blacks Whites Other races Murder 3334 1630 1664 40 [Note 4] Rape 455 405 48 2 [Note 5] Armed robbery [Note 6] 25 19 6 0 Kidnapping 20 0 20 0 Burglary 11 11 0 0 Sabotage 6 0 6 0 Aggravated assault by a life-term prisoner 6 1 5 0 Espionage [Note 7] 2 0 2 0 Total: 3859 2066 1751 42
The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black 16-year-old sent to the electric chair in 1931 and exonerated by the governor in 2022 — is suing the ...