List of individuals executed by the United States

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This is a list of individuals executed by the United States. The United States federal government (in comparison to the separate states) applies the death penalty for certain crimes: treason, espionage, federal murder, large scale drug trafficking and attempting to kill a witness, juror, or court officer in certain cases. Military law allows execution of soldiers for several crimes. Executions by the federal government have been rare compared to those by state governments. Only 26 federal (including military) executions have been carried out between 1950 and 2006. Only 3 of those (none of them military) have occurred in the modern post-Gregg era.

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[edit] Recent civilian executions

Since 1963, three people have been executed by the federal government of the United States. All were executed by lethal injection.

Executed person Date of execution Crime
1 Timothy McVeigh June 11, 2001 murder of eight federal employees through the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. (See Oklahoma City bombing.)
2 Juan Raul Garza June 19, 2001 murder of Thomas Albert Rumbo, ordering the murders of Gilberto Matos, Erasmo De La Fuente, Antonio Nieto, Bernabe Sosa, Diana Flores Villareal, Oscar Cantu, and Fernando Escobar Garcia in conjunction with a drug-smuggling ring
3 Louis Jones, Jr. March 18, 2003 rape and murder of Pvt. Tracie McBride

[edit] Earlier civilian executions

Between 1950 and 1963, 13 people were executed (not counting those executed under military law):

Executed person Date of execution Method Crime
1 Fred Pritchertt February 15, 1952 electric chair murder
2 William Tyler Jr. July 25, 1952 electric chair murder
3 Bonnie Headley December 18, 1953 gas chamber murder/kidnapping
4 Carl Hall December 18, 1953 gas chamber murder/kidnapping
5 Ethel Rosenberg June 19, 1953 electric chair espionage
6 Julius Rosenberg June 19, 1953 electric chair espionage
7 Albert Allen March 20, 1953 electric chair murder/robbery
8 Gerhard Puff February 24, 1956 electric chair murder
9 Arthur Brown April 26, 1957 gas chamber murder/kidnap
10 Robert Carter August 21, 1957 electric chair murder
11 Michael Krull August 21, 1957 electric chair rape
12 George Krull August 21, 1957 electric chair rape
13 Victor Feguer March 15, 1963 hanging kidnapping and murdering a Dubuque, Iowa doctor

From 1790 to 1950, there were 327 Federal, 271 Territorial and 40 Indian Tribunal executions according to the most complete records.[1]

[edit] Presidential assassins

Executed person Date of execution Method President
George Atzerodt 7 July 1865 hanging Abraham Lincoln
David Herold 7 July 1865 hanging Abraham Lincoln
Lewis Powell 7 July 1865 hanging Abraham Lincoln
Mary Surratt 7 July 1865 hanging Abraham Lincoln
Charles J. Guiteau 30 June 1882 hanging James Garfield
Leon Czolgosz 29 October 1901 electric chair William McKinley

[edit] Military executions

Main article: List of individuals executed by the United States military

The United States military has executed 135 people since 1916. The last execution was in 1961.

  • U.S. Army Private John A. Bennett on April 13, 1961 for rape and attempted murder.

Since 1865 (American Civil War) only one person has been executed for a purely military offense.

[edit] See also

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