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Murder on a government reservation April 27, 1945 Wyoming State Penitentiary, Rawlins, Wyoming: Killed a war production worker on federal property near Laramie. [24] Harry S. Truman: Austin Nelson Hanging Murder March 1, 1948 Federal Jail, Juneau, Alaska Killed a Juneau grocery store owner in 1946. [25] David Joseph Watson: Electrocution
Seventeen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2020, sixteen by lethal injection and one by electrocution. [1] The federal government of the United States executed ten people in 2020, ending a hiatus on federal executions which had lasted for over 17 years.
Electrocution [16] 12 August 21, 2019 Larry Ray Swearingen: 48 27 21 Texas Lethal injection [17] [18] 13 August 22, 2019 Gary Ray Bowles: 57 32 25 Florida [19] 14 September 4, 2019 Billy Jack Crutsinger: 64 48 16 Texas [20] [21] 15 September 10, 2019 Mark Anthony Soliz: 37 28 9 Hispanic [22] 16 September 25, 2019 Robert Sparks: 45 33 12 Black ...
If death results from an electric shock the cause of death is generally referred to as electrocution. Electric injury occurs upon contact of a body part with electricity that causes a sufficient current to pass through the person's tissues. Contact with energized wiring or devices is the most common cause.
Electrocution is death or severe injury caused by electric shock from electric current passing through the body. The word is derived from "electro" and "execution", but it is also used for accidental death.
A Guatemalan teenager died after she accidentally came into contact with high-voltage cables and was subsequently decapitated by the current, according to multiple reports.
Electrical burn on hand. An electrical burn is a burn that results from electricity passing through the body causing rapid injury. Approximately 1000 deaths per year due to electrical injuries are reported in the United States, with a mortality rate of 3-5%.
Before 1995, electrocution was the sole method of execution. This was replaced with lethal injection in 1995. The executions on this list are of those executed by the state government of Indiana; this list does not include persons executed within Indiana by the Federal Government. [ 1 ]