List of people executed in Washington

Last updated

Only five people have been executed by the state of Washington since the death penalty statute was reformed following the 1976 Supreme Court decisions. Capital punishment was declared unconstitutional by the Washington Supreme Court in 2018.

NameDate of ExecutionMethodCrimeGovernor
John ElfusJanuary 15, 1884murder of Dan Haggerty [1]
Jochin Henry TimmermanApril 6, 1888murder of William Sterling [2]
Edward GallagherJuly 11, 1890Hangingmurder of Lewis Marr [3]
Robert Thompson DayJune 3, 1892 Hanging murder of Thomas Beebe [4] Elisha P. Ferry
Charles BrooksSeptember 6, 1892murder of Christine Brooks [5]
Charles E. MeyersSeptember 30, 1895murder of Frank Sherry [6]
Charles AsimusJanuary 31, 1896murder of James Greenwood [7]
Richard H. StraubApril 26, 1897murder of Leo Lanterman [8]
Gin PongApril 30, 1897murder of Lee Tung [9] John Rankin Rogers
Jack LeonardMarch 25, 1898murder of Jacob Malquist [10]
George WebsterMarch 30, 1900murder of Lise C. Aspland [11]
Albert MichaudApril 6, 1900murder of Julia Meuret Michaud [12]
Martin Stickles January 25, 1901murder of William Shanklin, Cornelius Knapp and his wife
Eben L. BoyceAugust 9, 1901murder of Louise Bock Boyce [13]
Charles W. NordstromAugust 23, 1901murder of William Mason [14]
James G. GreenDecember 6, 1901murder of E. V. Benjamin [15]
William Alden SeatonJanuary 3, 1902murder of Dan Richards [16] Henry McBride
Lum You January 31, 1902murder of Oscar Bloom
Alfred HamiltonMay 23, 1902murder of David M. Woodbury [17]
James ChampouxMay 6, 1904murder of Lottie Brace [18]
Charles ClarkeSeptember 2, 1904murder of Leila Page [19]
Henry AraoJune 3, 1905murder of Sam Chong [20] Albert E. Mead
Frank Pasquale (WADOC lists name as Frank Pasqualie)September 15, 1905murder of Charles F. Gray [21]
Angus McPhailDecember 8, 1905murder of Fred Alderson [22]
William WhiteMarch 2, 1906murder of Matthew Murphy [23]
Simon BrooksApril 13, 1906 (WADOC lists date as May 13, 1906 while newspaper reports death as April 13)murder of Adolph Miller [24]
A.A. ArmstrongJune 8, 1906murder of Robert Patton [25]
Fred MillerMarch 22, 1907murder of Fred Dierk [26]
Jose Nicolos (WADOC lists name as Joe Niculas)April 16, 1909murder of George Brown and unnamed four-year-old [27] Marion E. Hay
Joseph Gauvitte(WADOC lists name as Joseph Gauviette)August 27, 1909murder of Mrs. Joseph Gauvitte [28]
Bud Barnes(WADOC lists name as Hezekiah Barnes)November 12, 1909murder of Anna Aldrich [29]
Richard QuinnMay 13, 1910murder of Mrs. Richard Quinn [30]
Frank BarkerJune 20, 1910murder of Ira Messinger [31]
William Frederick Jahns (WADOC lists name as Frederick William Johns)April 21, 1911murder of Agnes Jensen [32]
John SmithApril 1, 1921murder of James O'Brien, Volney L. Stevens, and W.T. Angle [33] Louis Folwell Hart
James MahoneyDecember 1, 1922murder of Kate Mooers Mahoney [34]
George WhitfieldJune 13, 1924murder of Anna Nosko [35]
Ralph WallerJune 27, 1924murder of Alfred Waldman and Ida Waldman [36]
Thomas WaltonDecember 12, 1924murder of S.F. Burt [37]
L.E. Mosely (WADOC lists name as L.E. Mosley)February 19, 1926murder of A.J. Comer [38] [39] Roland H. Hartley
Alfred Winters (WADOC also lists name as Albert Williams)May 27, 1927
Manuel LopezFebruary 15, 1928murder of Charles Markham [40]
Emmett BaileyAugust 10, 1928murder of Erma Skinner [41]
Wallace GainesAugust 31, 1928murder of Sylvia Gaines [42]
Luther BakerMarch 29, 1929murder of Lester Wood [43]
Preston Rae ClarkJuly 11, 1930murder of A.L. Bidwell [44]
Robert Lee WilkinsAugust 15, 1930murder of John W. Brooks [45]
Arthur Schafer (WADOC lists name as Arthur Schaffer)August 29, 1930murder of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kirk [46]
Archie Frank Moock (WADOC lists name as Archie Frank Much)September 12, 1930murder of Catherine Clark [47]
George MillerDecember 18, 1931murder of John Ivester [48]
Harold CarpenterApril 15, 1932murder of Peter Jacobson [49]
Walter Dubuc
Ollie Lee StrattonJuly 28, 1933murder of William Frawley [50] Clarence D. Martin
Ted BradleyMay 11, 1934murder of George Ikeda [51]
Byron MillerOctober 3, 1934murder of Marshal George Warring [52]
Hong YickJuly 19, 1935murder of Lee Wing Qmen [53]
Barney FlemingApril 3, 1936murder of La Belle Butler [54]
Glen R. Stringer (WADOC lists name as Glenn R. Stringer)May 29, 1936murder of Herbert Lee Caples [55]
Leo HallSeptember 11, 1936murder of Frank Flieder, Anna Taylor Flieder, Clifford Taylor, Eugene Chenevert, Margaret Chenevert, Magnus Jorden, and Ezra Bolcom [56]
Clifford HawkinsFebruary 23, 1938murder of Ernest Grimm and Floyd Grimm [57]
Claude H. RyanFebruary 25, 1938murder of S.R. Jackson [58]
Stanley KnappAugust 5, 1938murder of William E. Walker [59]
Joseph O'DonnellNovember 21, 1938murder of Trent A. Sickles and Theodore E. Stevens [60]
Bernhard LeuchAugust 4, 1939murder of Lena Leuch [61]
Paul ButtrySeptember 15, 1939murder of Hugh Warren [62]
Earl TalbottSeptember 18, 1939murder of W.E. McKinney [63]
Roy WrightOctober 6, 1939murder of John Dee Moore [64]
Ralph CarsonDecember 8, 1939murder of Lynwood Sproul [65]
Edward L. BouchardSeptember 6, 1940murder of Cyril Ables and Ralph Allinson [66]
Jack MarableOctober 4, 1940kidnapping and rape of Mrs. Emil Roloff [67] [68]
Arley Ovoyd LewisJanuary 30, 1941murder of Jack Avent [69] Arthur B. Langlie
Denzel DavisMarch 24, 1941murder of Harriet Arnold [70]
John Bruce AndersonNovember 14, 1941murder of David Johnson [71]
Chester MontgomeryMarch 19, 1943murder of Jessie Sellers [72]
Roy Willard JacobsApril 6, 1943murder of Chadwick Storem and Harry Storem [73]
Persia WilliamsSeptember 8, 1944murder of Joseph Romaglio [74]
Edward HeberlingDecember 8, 1944murder of Harriet Louise Lindstrom [75]
Joe BillSeptember 7, 1945murder of Irma Irene McGough [76] Monrad C. Wallgren
Joseph B. WesselJanuary 19, 1946murder of Mary Ann Wessel [77]
Woodrow Wilson ClarkFebruary 5, 1946murder of T.P. Dillon and Jane Staples [78]
John Henry ClarkJanuary 7, 1947murder of Sam Katz [79]
Jake Bird July 15, 1949murder of Bertha Kludt and Beverly Kludt [80]
Arthur Bruce PerkinsNovember 4, 1949murder of Mr. L.E. Jessup and Mrs. L.E. Jessup [81]
Wayne Leroy WilliamsNovember 18, 1949murder of Hallie Lucille [82]
Wayne Dale Odell (WADOC lists name as Wayne O'Dell)June 18, 1951murder of Harold Rogers [83] [84] Arthur B. Langlie
Grant Ellis RioDecember 10, 1951
Utah Eugene WilsonJanuary 3, 1953murder of JoAnn Dewey [85]
Truman Galilee Wilson
Artell Bernard Farley Jr.December 15, 1956murder of Flora McFarland [86]
Harvey John Collins December 3, 1957murder of Andrew Stolen Albert D. Rosellini
John Richard BrodersonJune 25, 1960murder of Harold Oster [87]
Joseph Chester SelfJune 20, 1963murder of Ralph A. Gemmill Jr.
Westley Allan Dodd January 5, 1993murder of Cole Neer, William Neer, and Lee Iseli Booth Gardner
Charles Rodman Campbell May 27, 1994murder of Renae Wicklund, Shannah Wicklund, and Barbara Hendrickson Mike Lowry
Jeremy Vargas Sagastegui October 13, 1998 Lethal injection murder of Kievan Sarbacher, Melissa Sarbacher, and Lisa Vera Acevado Gary Locke
James Homer Elledge August 28, 2001murder of Eloise Jane Fitzner
Cal Coburn Brown September 10, 2010murder of Holly Washa [88] Christine Gregoire
Sources: List of persons executed by the Washington State Department of Corrections since 1904. [89]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Elfus Hanged". The Washington Standard. January 18, 1884.
  2. ↑ "Jochin Henry Timmerman paid the extreme penalty...". The Washington Standard. April 13, 1888.
  3. ↑ Harger, Stover (September 15, 2013). "The 'hanging holiday' of 1890". The Columbian.
  4. ↑ "Execution At Kalama". The Spokesman-Review. June 9, 1892. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  5. ↑ "George Webster is hanged for first-degree murder at Spokane County Courthouse on March 30, 1900". www.historylink.org. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  6. ↑ "Chas. E. Meyers Hanged". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. October 1, 1895.
  7. ↑ "Hanging at Kalama". The News Tribune. January 31, 1896.
  8. ↑ "Paid With His Life". Aberdeen Herald. April 29, 1897.
  9. ↑ "George Webster is hanged for first-degree murder at Spokane County Courthouse on March 30, 1900". www.historylink.org. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  10. ↑ "The Wages of His Sin". Spokane Daily Chronicle. March 25, 1898.
  11. ↑ "George Webster is hanged for first-degree murder at Spokane County Courthouse on March 30, 1900". www.historylink.org. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
  12. ↑ "Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma), 1893-1959" . Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Pierce County Courthouse (Tacoma), 1893-1959" . Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Charles W. Nordstrom is hanged on August 23, 1901, for the murder of William Mason near Cedar Mountain (King County)" . Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Last Words of Murderer". (December 07 1901). The Tacoma Daily Ledger, pp. 6.
  16. ↑ "Kills His Uncle and Wounds Four Others". (December 07 1900). The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, pp. 1.
  17. ↑ "Alfred Hamilton shoots and kills attorney David M. Woodbury in Anacortes on September 7, 1899". Washington State: HistoryLink. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Washington State carries out its first execution on May 6, 1904". Washington State: HistoryLink. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Ask for Rehearing". (May 4, 1904). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
  20. ↑ "Pays His Penalty Bravely". (June 3, 1905). The Seattle Times, pp. 4.
  21. ↑ "Appeals Dismissed by Supreme Court". (May 26, 1905). The Seattle Times, pp. 4.
  22. ↑ "Fight Made for Man's Life". (July 19, 1905). The Seattle Times, pp. 3.
  23. ↑ "Mackintosh Says White Should Hang". (February 22, 1906). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
  24. ↑ "Sentence of Death is Given Simon Brooks". (February 17, 1906). The Seattle Times, pp. 10.
  25. ↑ "Murderer Armstrong Sentenced to Hang". (April 16, 1906). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
  26. ↑ "Fred Miller Hanged at State Penitentiary". (March 22, 1907). The Seattle Times, pp. 15.
  27. ↑ "Double Murderer Goes to his Doom". (April 16, 1909). The Seattle Times, pp. 8.
  28. ↑ "Wife Murderer Hanged". (August 27, 1909). The Seattle Times, pp. 25.
  29. ↑ "Murderer Forfeits Life on Gallows". (November 12, 1909). The Seattle Times, pp. 12.
  30. ↑ "Execution Bungled". (May 13, 1910). The Seattle Times, pp. 7.
  31. ↑ "Walks to Scaffold Laughing and Joking". (June 20, 1910). The Seattle Times, pp. 5.
  32. ↑ "Execution May Spoil Solution of Mystery". (April 13, 1911). The Seattle Times, pp. 10.
  33. ↑ "Captor of Slayer Honored by Mayor". (April 1, 1921). The Seattle Times, pp. 3.
  34. ↑ "Mahoney is Executed in Prison Yard for his Deed". (December 1, 1922). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
  35. ↑ "Whitfield Hanged at State Penitentiary". (June 13, 1924). The Seattle Times, pp. 10.
  36. ↑ "Slayer Blames Divorce Evil on Way to Gallows". (June 27, 1924). The Seattle Times, pp. 5.
  37. ↑ "Thomas Walton Hanged at State Penitentiary". (December 12, 1924). The Seattle Times, pp. 24.
  38. ↑ "Seattle Slayer Pays Penalty on Gallows". (February 19, 1926). The Seattle Times, pp. 4.
  39. ↑ "Longview Slayer Hanged". (May 27, 1927). The Seattle Times, pp. 22.
  40. ↑ "Lopez Hanged at State Prison for Riparia Murder". (February 15, 1928). The Seattle Times, pp. 7.
  41. ↑ "Bailey is Hanged for Murder of Wife". (August 10, 1928). The Seattle Times, pp. 20.
  42. ↑ "Dawn Brings Message of Hanging". (August 31, 1928). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
  43. ↑ "Luther is Hanged for Slaying of Clark Sheriff". (March 29, 1929). The Seattle Times, pp. 18.
  44. ↑ "Clark Goes to Gallows". (July 11, 1930). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
  45. ↑ "Wilkins Dies for Slaying of Attorney". (August 15, 1930). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
  46. ↑ "Shelton Logger is Hanged". (August 29, 1930). The Seattle Times, pp. 13.
  47. ↑ "Moock Hangs as Killer in Wedding Plot". (September 12, 1930). The Seattle Times, pp. 11.
  48. ↑ "Express Slayer Meets Death on State's Gallows". (December 18, 1931). The Seattle Times, pp. 21.
  49. ↑ "Man, Youth Pay Penalty on Gallows for Murder". (April 15, 1932). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
  50. ↑ "Ollie Stratton, Port Townsend Slayer, Hangs". (July 28, 1933). The Seattle Times, pp. 28.
  51. ↑ "Ready to Kill". (May 11, 1934). The Seattle Times, pp. 6.
  52. ↑ "Ready to Kill". (October 3, 1934). The Seattle Times, pp. 17.
  53. ↑ "Seattle Tong Slayer Hanged". (July 19, 1935). The Seattle Times, pp. 32.
  54. ↑ "Meyers Studies Hanging Case". (April 3, 1936). The Seattle Times, pp. 15.
  55. ↑ "Reward Posted for Asserted Slayer". (May 29, 1936). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
  56. ↑ "Last Minute Fight Made to Prevent Execution". (September 11, 1936). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
  57. ↑ "State Executes Skagit Slayer". (February 23, 1938). The Seattle Times, pp. 9.
  58. ↑ "Deputy's Killer to Hang". (January 14, 1938). The Seattle Times, pp. 5.
  59. ↑ "Killer Hanged; Warns Others". (August 5, 1938). The Seattle Times, pp. 5.
  60. ↑ "O'Donnell Blames Frame-Up as he Calmly Goes to Death". (November 21, 1938). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
  61. ↑ "Shelton Slayer Dies on Gallows". (August 4, 1939). The Seattle Times, pp. 16.
  62. ↑ "Doomed Slayer Hopes". (September 14, 1939). The Seattle Times, pp. 13.
  63. ↑ "Ranch-Slayer is Hanged, Calm to End". (September 18, 1939). The Seattle Times, pp. 7.
  64. ↑ "Young Killer, on Gallows, Warns Youth Against Crime". (October 6, 1939). The Seattle Times, pp. 11.
  65. ↑ "Clallam County Slayer Hanged". (December 8, 1939). The Seattle Times, pp. 9.
  66. ↑ "Slayer Hanged at State Prison". (September 6, 1940). The Seattle Times, pp. 5.
  67. ↑ "Kidnaper Hangs, Denouncing Troy". (October 4, 1940). The Seattle Times, pp. 10.
  68. ↑ "The State of Washington, Respondent, v. Jack Marable, Appellant" (June 22, 1940).
  69. ↑ "Slayer to Give Life Tomorrow at Walla Walla". (January 29, 1941). The Seattle Times, pp. 17.
  70. ↑ "David Dies for Killing Mother". (March 24, 1941). The Seattle Times, pp. 24.
  71. ↑ "John B. Anderson, Slayer, Is Executed". (November 14, 1941). The Seattle Times, pp. 15.
  72. ↑ "Man Hanged for Woman's Death". (March 19, 1943). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
  73. ↑ "Jacobs Denies Slaying as He Dies on Gallows". (April 6, 1943). The Seattle Times, pp. 4.
  74. ↑ "Seattle Slayer Dies on Gallows". (September 8, 1944). The Seattle Times, pp. 13.
  75. ↑ "Heberling Dies for Girl Murder". (December 8, 1944). The Seattle Times, pp. 21.
  76. ↑ "Joe Bill, Child's Slayer, Hanged". (September 7, 1945). The Seattle Times, pp. 18.
  77. ↑ "Wessel is Hanged at Pen". (1947, January 17). Union-Bulletin.
  78. ↑ "Hatchet Slayer Dies on Gallows". (February 5, 1946). The Seattle Times, pp. 3.
  79. ↑ "Slayer Dies on Prison Gallows". (January 7, 1947). The Seattle Times, pp. 20.
  80. ↑ "Final Appeal Failing, Jake Bird is Hanged". (July 15, 1949). The Seattle Times, pp. 11.
  81. ↑ "Perkins Dies on Prison Gallows". (November 4, 1949). The Seattle Times, pp. 9.
  82. ↑ "Williams, Wife Slayer, Hanged". (November 18, 1949). The Seattle Times, pp. 37.
  83. ↑ "Clemency Denied Condemned Youth". (June 14, 1951). The Seattle Times, pp. 14.
  84. ↑ "Slayer is Denied Stay of Execution". (December 10, 1951). The Seattle Times, pp. 2.
  85. ↑ "Langlie Refuses to Stop Execution of Wilsons, Due Tonight". (January 2, 1953). The Seattle Times, pp. 1.
  86. ↑ "Farley, Tacoma Slayer, Hanged". (December 15, 1956). The Seattle Times, pp. 3.
  87. ↑ "Broderson Hanged at State Prison". (June 25, 1960). The Seattle Times, pp. 11.
  88. ↑ Sullivan, Jennifer (September 10, 2010), "Killer on death row 16½ years is executed", The Seattle Times, retrieved 16 December 2017
  89. ↑ "Persons Executed Since 1904 in Washington State" (PDF). Washington State: Department of Corrections. Retrieved January 27, 2017.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hanging</span> Death by suspension around the neck

Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature. Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and is the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The first known account of execution by hanging is in Homer's Odyssey. Hanging is also a method of suicide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capital punishment in the United Kingdom</span> History of the death penalty in the UK

Capital punishment in the United Kingdom predates the formation of the UK, having been used within the British Isles from ancient times until the second half of the 20th century. The last executions in the United Kingdom were by hanging, and took place in 1964; capital punishment for murder was suspended in 1965 and finally abolished in 1969. Although unused, the death penalty remained a legally defined punishment for certain offences such as treason until it was completely abolished in 1998; the last execution for treason took place in 1946. In 2004, Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights became binding on the United Kingdom; it prohibits the restoration of the death penalty as long as the UK is a party to the convention.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capital punishment in Ohio</span> Legal penalty in Ohio

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Ohio, although all executions have been suspended indefinitely by Governor Mike DeWine until a replacement for lethal injection is chosen by the Ohio General Assembly. The last execution in the state was in July 2018, when Robert J. Van Hook was executed via lethal injection for murder.

The U.S. state of Washington enforced capital punishment until the state's capital punishment statute was declared null and void and abolished in practice by a state Supreme Court ruling on October 11, 2018. The court ruled that it was unconstitutional as applied due to racial bias however it did not render the wider institution of capital punishment unconstitutional and rather required the statute to be amended to eliminate racial biases. From 1904 to 2010, 78 people were executed by the state; the last was Cal Coburn Brown on September 10, 2010. In April 2023, Governor Jay Inslee signed SB5087 which formally abolished capital punishment in Washington State and removed provisions for capital punishment from state law.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capital punishment in Maryland</span>

Capital punishment was abolished via the legislative process on May 2, 2013, in the U.S. state of Maryland.

Capital punishment is one of two possible penalties for aggravated murder in the U.S. state of Oregon, with it being required by the Constitution of Oregon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">San Quentin Rehabilitation Center</span> Mens prison in California, US

San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQ), formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated place of San Quentin in Marin County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Billy Bailey</span> American convicted murderer; last person to be hanged in the US

Billy Bailey was a convicted murderer who was hanged in Delaware in 1996. He became the third person to be hanged in the United States since 1965, and the first person hanged in Delaware in 50 years. As of 2024, he remains the last person to be lawfully executed by hanging in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Westley Allan Dodd</span> Executed American serial killer and sex offender

Westley Allan Dodd was an American convicted serial killer and sex offender. In 1989, he sexually assaulted and murdered three young boys in Vancouver, Washington. He was arrested later that year after a failed attempt to abduct a six-year-old boy at a movie theatre.

Washington State Penitentiary is a Washington State Department of Corrections men's prison located in Walla Walla, Washington. With an operating capacity of 2,200, it is the largest prison in the state and is surrounded by wheat fields. It opened in 1886, three years before statehood.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Lee Yates</span> American serial killer

Robert Lee Yates Jr., also known as the Grocery Bag Killer, is an American serial killer from Spokane, Washington. From 1975 to 1998, he is known to have murdered at least 11 women in Spokane. He also confessed to two murders committed in Walla Walla in 1975 and a 1988 murder committed in Skagit County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Edward Duncan</span> American serial killer (1963–2021)

Joseph Edward Duncan III was an American convicted serial killer and child molester who was on death row in federal prison following the 2005 kidnappings and murders of members of the Groene family of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He was also serving 11 consecutive sentences of life without parole for the 1997 murder of Anthony Martinez of Beaumont, California. Additionally, Duncan confessed to — but had not been charged with — the 1996 murder of two girls, Sammiejo White and Carmen Cubias, in Seattle, Washington. At the time of the attack on the Groene family, Duncan was on the run from a child molestation charge in Minnesota.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keith Wells</span> American murderer (1962–1994)

Keith Eugene Wells was an American murderer convicted of the 1990 murders of John Justad and Brandi Rains in Boise, Idaho. He was executed in 1994 by the state of Idaho at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution via lethal injection only one year and nine months after having been sentenced to death by Judge Gerald Schroeder. Wells was the first person to be executed in Idaho since Raymond Snowden was hanged in 1957 and only the tenth since Idaho gained statehood. He chose not to appeal the death sentence although it was appealed on his behalf. The United States Supreme Court rejected an appeal filed against his wishes.

James Homer Elledge was an American murderer who was executed by lethal injection in Washington State Penitentiary for the murder of 47-year-old Eloise Jane Fitzner while on parole for another murder. The case raised questions before and after the execution about how the death penalty was applied in Washington state, especially in cases where a defendant refused to present a defense in the penalty phase and refused to allow the filing of any appeals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lum You</span> Chinese laborer and convicted murderer

Lum You —sometimes spelled Lum Yu—was an immigrant Chinese laborer and convicted murderer in the Pacific Northwest. He is famous for being the only person to have been legally executed in Pacific County, Washington, and for his death row prison break supposedly arranged by the very jailers charged with his captivity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Virginia State Penitentiary</span>

Virginia State Penitentiary was a prison in Richmond, Virginia. Towards the end of its life it was a part of the Virginia Department of Corrections.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raymond Snowden</span> American murderer executed in Idaho (1921–1957)

Raymond Allen Snowden was an American man who was convicted of the 1956 murder of Cora Lucyle Dean and executed in Idaho. Snowden was noteworthy for being the last person executed in the state before the 1972 Furman v. Georgia decision by the United States Supreme Court led to a nationwide death penalty moratorium. He was also the last to be executed in Idaho by hanging, as the state adopted a new execution method, lethal injection, after reinstating the death penalty. Due to the nature of the murder he commitited, Snowden was known as "Idaho's Jack the Ripper."

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.