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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]
On June 21, 1964, three Civil Rights Movement activists, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, were murdered by local members of the Ku Klux Klan.They had been arrested earlier in the day for speeding, and after being released were followed by local law enforcement & others, all affiliated with the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. [1]
As of September 1, 2008, South Mississippi Correctional Institution, with a capacity of 3,204, had 3,106 prisoners, making up a total of 21.57% of people within the Mississippi Department of Corrections-operated prisons, county jails, and community work centers. [9]
The most prominent funeral homeowner in Biloxi, [1] he won a $500 million jury award in a contractual dispute with the rival funeral home company Loewen Group, later settling for $175 million. O'Keefe was a major donor to and chief fundraiser for the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art , named after his wife Annette, and many other civic, cultural and ...
An arrest was made two years after a South Carolina man was shot and killed in his Midlands home, according to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office.. Elijah Keith Fleming — a 20-year-old ...
Deaths by person in Mississippi. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. C. Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner (13 P)
James Earl Chaney (May 30, 1943 – June 21, 1964) was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, 1964.
George William Birdwell (February 19, 1894 - November 23, 1932) was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw. He was one of Pretty Boy Floyd's closest known associates and also teamed with a number of fellow Oklahoma-based bandits, most notably, William "Billy the Killer" Miller and Aussie Elliott.