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This is a list of people executed in Kentucky. Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in the United States in 1976, three people have been executed in Kentucky. All three were executed for murder. All of the executions occurred at the Kentucky State Penitentiary (KSP) in Eddyville. [1]
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in Kentucky since 2008, and only three since 1976. The most recent execution was of Marco Allen Chapman, who was executed for two murders.
Marco Allen Chapman was the last person executed by the state of Kentucky. Chapman was killed by lethal injection in 2008 for the murder of two children and the rape of their mother.
1 By state. 2 By year. 3 Other. ... List of people executed in Kentucky; ... This page was last edited on 1 February 2025, at 10:40 (UTC).
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.
Last Words of the Executed is a book by Robert K. Elder published in 2010. Studs Terkel contributed a foreword. The book documents the final words of death row inmates in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present day. The chapters are organized by era and method of execution.
The 54-year-old is the third person to be put to death in Texas this year, and the 11th in the US. As of 2011, death row inmates in Texas cannot request a final meal, meaning Burton had to choose ...
State Last execution date Name Crime Method A Government of Australia: 11 June 1951: Takuma Nishimura: war crimes: hanging: A Australian Capital Territory: never used: A New South Wales: 24 August 1939 [4] John Trevor Kelly: murder: hanging: A Northern Territory: 7 August 1952 [4] Jaroslav Koci and Jan Novotny: murder: hanging: A Queensland: 22 ...