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This is a list of people executed in Minnesota as both a territory and a state. Between Minnesota's first recorded execution in 1854 (which occurred while it was a territory) and the state's final recorded execution in 1906, there were at least 70 legal executions in Minnesota. All executions in Minnesota were carried out by hanging.
William Williams (c. 1877 – 13 February 1906) was a Cornish miner and the last person executed by the state of Minnesota in the United States. Williams was convicted for the 1905 murders of 16-year old John Keller and his mother, Mary Keller in Saint Paul, and his subsequent botched execution led to increased support for the abolition of capital punishment in Minnesota in 1911.
However, Roesch's execution was the last to occur in Minnesota for 17 years. During that time, several lawmakers made multiple attempts to repeal the law, to no avail. Minnesota's Governor Cushman K. Davis called for its repeal and noted in 1876 that the law had effectively stalled capital punishment in the state, and his successor, Governor ...
List of people executed in Minnesota; List of people executed in Mississippi; ... This page was last edited on 8 January 2025, at 21:18 (UTC).
Martin Luther King III and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are seen during a memorial service for George Floyd following his death in Minneapolis police custody, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., June ...
Crime Convict Race Age Date Location Jurisdiction Robbery [1]: James Coburn [2] [3]: White 38 4 September 1964 Alabama: State Rape: Ronald Wolfe [4]: White 33 8 May 1964 Missouri
Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri on Tuesday, having been convicted for the 1998 murder of Lisha Gayle, a former police reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch killed during a burglary ...
On Tuesday night, the state of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams. It was a legally sanctioned murder. As the Washington Post put it, he was “convicted of a 1998 murder that he said he did not ...