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On February 8, 2007, Alfonso Rodriguez, Jr. was sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Dru Sjodin and is now the only person on federal death row for a crime committed in North Dakota. [3] Because Rodriguez took Sjodin's corpse across state lines, he was eligible for federal prosecution, and therefore for the death penalty. [4]
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of North Dakota from 1885 to 1905. Capital punishment was abolished in North Dakota in 1973. [ 1 ] Only 8 people were ever executed in North Dakota, all via hanging .
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Arizona. 95 executions have been carried out since Arizona became a state in 1914 and there are currently 111 people on death row. In November 2024, Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that the state would resume executions in 2025 after a 2-year pause.
Another chapter in Arizona’s off-again, on-again death penalty history occurred between 1962 and 1992 when no executions were performed. All told, 143 people have been put to death in the state ...
Clarence Dixon was the first person put to death in Arizona since 2014 on Monday. What you need to know about Arizona's history of executions.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Arizona since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. A total of 40 people, all male, have been executed in Arizona. All of them were convicted of murder and were executed at the Florence State Prison in Florence, Arizona. [1]
An Arizona death row inmate has asked the state Supreme Court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier than officials were planning.. Aaron Brian Gunches, 53, had previously ...
From 1790 to 1963, there were 332 Federal, 271 Territorial and 40 Indian Tribunal executions according to the most complete records. [3] The youngest person executed was James Arcene on June 18, 1885, at the age of 23 for his role in a robbery and murder committed when he was 10 years old.