List of individuals executed in New Jersey
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No one has been executed by the state of New Jersey since 1963, although a statute reinstating capital punishment for murder has been in force since 1982. Historically, at least 361 people were executed by the state between the execution of a slave named Tom for rape in 1690 and the execution of Ralph Hudson for murder on January 22, 1963. Of those executions, 187 occurred in the 20th century. The last execution for a crime other than murder (or conspiracy to murder) was of Andrew Clark in 1872 for rape. The last woman executed was Margaret Meierhoffer in 1881. Except for a dozen slaves executed by burning in the early 1700's, executions in New Jersey were by hanging until 1906 and electrocution since then, with the exception of an execution by hanging in 1909.
In 2006, New Jersey lawmakers drafted a moratorium on executions while a task force studied the fairness and cost of the death sentence. New Jersey had 10 people on death row at the time.[1]
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[edit] Executions prior to 1950
- Henry Colin Campbell April 18, 1930
- Bruno Hauptmann April 3, 1936 — this execution is particularly notable for being part of the Lindbergh kidnapping.
[edit] Executions since 1950
- Buford Tanismore, April 4, 1950
- Howard Auld, May 27, 1951
- Clarence Smith, May 13, 1952
- Frederick Dunk, May 13, 1952
- Robert Jellison, May 13, 1952
- Irving Peterson, August 26, 1952
- Theodore Walker, July 27, 1954
- James Beard, August 17, 1954
- Frank Roscus, January 4, 1955
- Eugene Monahan, January 11, 1955
- Felipe Rios, May 3, 1955
- Joaquin Rodriguez, May 3, 1955
- Jose Cruz, May 3, 1955
- Alfred Stokes, September 2, 1955
- Harry Wise, September 2, 1955
- Albert Wise, September 2, 1955
- John Henry Tune, August 21, 1956
- Fred Sturdivant, July 3, 1962
- Joseph Ernst, July 31, 1962
- Ralph Hudson, January 22, 1963
