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The first black man to receive the death penalty
George Junius Stinney Jr. was executed by the electric chair after being convicted for murder in 1944 -
when was lethal injection first used in the us
adopted into the U.S. Oklahoma in 1977 because it was a lot cheaper and seemed a little more humane -
First woman to be executed by lethal injection
Velma Barfield was on death row for 14 years before being executed due to her murder conviction in North Carolina -
New York death penalty banned
in 1984 a ruling struck down capital punishment for murders committed by inmates serving life sentences, effectively abolishing New York's death penalty. -
Carlos DeLuna
in 2006 evidence was released possibly claiming the innocence of Carlos after he was executed in 1989 after being convicted in 1983 -
The case Ruben Cantu
A two-part investigative series by the Houston Chronicle cast serious doubt on the guilt of a Texas man who was executed in 1993. Ruben Cantu had persistently proclaimed his innocence and was only 17 when he was charged with capital murder for the shooting death of a San Antonio man during an attempted robbery. Now, the prosecutor and the jury forewoman have expressed doubts about the case. -
Christa Gail Pike
Christa Gail Pike (born March 10, 1976) is an American convicted murderer, and the youngest woman to be sentenced to death in the United States during the post-Furman period.[1] She was 20 when convicted of the torture murder of a classmate she committed at age 18. -
Linda Carty sentenced to death
Linda Anita Carty is a Kittitian-American former schoolteacher who is on death row in Texas. In February 2002, she was sentenced to death for the abduction and murder in 2001 of 25-year-old Joana Rodriguez in order to steal Rodriguez's newborn son. -
The firing squad used in Utah State Prison
The execution of Gardner at Utah State Prison became the focus of media attention in June 2010, because it was the first to be carried out by firing squad in the United States in 14 years. Gardner stated that he sought this method of execution because of his Mormon background. -
Most recent execution in the U.S.
Dustin Higgs was the most recent federal execution in the U.S. after the resumed in July 2020