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William Bruce Mumford- Hanging
William was the first person ever to be convicted of Treason against the Federal Government, He tore down a American flag off of a building in public. -
William Kemmler- First electric chair
They claimed he was a peddler, Alcoholic, Murderer he became the first person to be executed by electric chair -
Mata Hari- death by Firing Squad
She was german spy during World War I and she was death of one thousand allied forces,once found out they gave her death of Firing Squad. -
Gee Jon- lethal Gas
Gee was the first Asian in America to be executed by Lethal Gas, he was 29 years old. His crime was killing a elderly person of a rival gang. -
Lischia Edwards - Death by hanging
She was convicted of Rape, and back then that was a huge charge ( still is) and they publicly hung her. -
George Junius Stinney Jr- electric chair
He was a black boy that did not have a fair trial at the age of 14, he got the death penalty. His crime was killing two girls ages 11 and 7. -
Gary Gilmore
Gary was convicted of a double murder that happened in Utah, he died to a firing squad in 1977 -
Charles Brook- First lethal injection
Murdering a Mechanic in Texas, He was the first person to get executed by lethal injection -
Walter Legrand
He was the last person executed in the country by lethal gas, for robbing a bank. Legrand was later killed in 1999 in Arizona -
Juan Garza- Lethal Injection
He was the first major Kingpin to be put to death by the law, he had charges stacked up very high, murder, rape, kidnapping. He was caught and killed