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This is a list of the last executions in the United States for the crimes stated.

List of last persons to be executed for a crime other than murder

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Crime Convict Race Age Date Location Jurisdiction
Robbery[1] James Coburn[2][3] White 38 4 September 1964 Alabama State
Rape Ronald Wolfe[4] White 33 8 May 1964 Missouri State
Aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury by an inmate serving a life sentence for murder Rudolph Wright[5][6] Black 31 11 January 1962 California State
Kidnapping Billy Monk[7][8][9][10] White 26 21 November 1960 California State
Burglary with intent to ravish Ross McAfee[11][12][13][14] Black 39 22 November 1957 North Carolina State
Espionage Ethel and Julius Rosenberg White 35 (Julius) and 37 (Ethel) 19 June 1953 New York Federal
Desertion Eddie Slovik[15] White 24 31 January 1945 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France (Firing squad) Military
Burglary Frank Bass[16][17][18][19] Black 23 8 August 1941 Alabama State
Train robbery Black Jack Ketchum White 37 26 April 1901 New Mexico Federal (New Mexico Territory)
Arson George Hughes, George Smith, and Asbury Hughes[20] White 21 (George Hughes), 30 (George Smith) and 22 (Asbury Hughes) 1 August 1884 Alabama State
Stealing, treason, and conduct unbecoming a slave Amy Spain[21] Black 17 10 March 1865 South Carolina Military (Confederate States)
Conspiracy to commit murder Five unnamed Yuki men[22] Native Unknown 21 July 1863 California State
Piracy Nathaniel Gordon[Note 1] White 30 21 February 1862 New York Federal
Slave revolt Caesar, Sam, and Sanford (slaves) Black Unknown 19 October 1860 Alabama State
Treason William Bruce Mumford[Note 2] White 42 7 June 1862 Union-occupied New Orleans Military
Aiding a runaway slave Starling Carlton White Unknown 1859 South Carolina State
Theft Jake (slave) Black Unknown 3 December 1855}} Alabama State
Horse theft (Grand Larceny) Theodore Velenquez[23] Hispanic Unknown 30 January 1852 California State
Forgery Ray White Unknown 6 March 1840 South Carolina State
Counterfeiting Thomas Davis[24] White 60 11 October 1822 Alabama State
Bestiality Joseph Ross[25][Note 3][26] White Unknown 1785 Pennsylvania State
Concealing the birth/death of an infant Hannah Piggen[27] Unknown Unknown 1785 Massachusetts State
Adultery Mary Latham and John Britton[28] White 18 (Lantham) 21 March 1643 Massachusetts State

Statistics

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From 1930 to 1967, 3859 criminals were executed, sorted in the following table:[29]

Crime Total executions Blacks Whites Other races
Murder 3334 1630 1664 40[Note 4]
Rape 455 405 48 2[Note 5]
Armed robbery[Note 6] 25 19 6 0
Kidnapping 20 0 20 0
Burglary 11 11 0 0
Sabotage 6 0 6 0
Aggravated assault by a life-term prisoner 6 1 5 0
Espionage[Note 7] 2 0 2 0
Total 3859 2066 1751 42

See also

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Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ Slave trading was assimilated to piracy, as hostis humani generis.
  2. ^ John Conn and four other persons were executed for treason on 1862 in Texas, under Confederate authority.
  3. ^ On 1801, soldier Jose Antonio Rosas was shot for sodomy in Spanish California.
  4. ^ 17 Native Americans, 13 Filipinos, 8 Chinese and 2 Japanese.
  5. ^ Native Americans.
  6. ^ Two executions for bank robberies causing death (Tony Chebatoris and James Dalhover) included here.
  7. ^ Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

References

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  1. ^ Coburn was charged with murder and robbery, but the murder charge never went to trial.
  2. ^ Supreme Court to hear case on death penalty restriction, Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage, January 05, 2008
  3. ^ "Coburn". Alabama Journal. 1964-06-08. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  4. ^ "RAPE WHERE VICTIM LIVED". May 12, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-05-12. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  5. ^ "People v. Wright, 55 Cal.2d 560".
  6. ^ United States Demographics, Part B
  7. ^ "People v. Monk, 56 Cal.2d 288".
  8. ^ "Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, April 27, 1960". 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  9. ^ "More on Capital Punishment". MarshallsKnowledge©. 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  10. ^ "San Quentin Gas Chamber Claims Life of Billy Monk". Valley News. November 23, 1961. p. 19.
  11. ^ "Man's Life Taken for Rape Attempt". Charlotte News. 22 November 1957.
  12. ^ 100 S.E.2d 249 (N.C. 1957); 247 N.C. 98; STATE v. Ross McAFEE (alias J. C. Adams). No. 361, Supreme Court of North Carolina. November 6, 1957.
  13. ^ Berger, Peter L. (2011-06-07). Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist: How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore. Prometheus Books. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-61614-390-9.
  14. ^ Christianson, Scott (2010). The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25562-3.
  15. ^ "The Sad Story of Private Eddie Slovik". 28-110-k.org. Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  16. ^ "Negro Is First To Die For Night Burglary". The Tuscaloosa News. August 8, 1941. p. 2. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  17. ^ "Alabama executes Negro for burglary". Monroe News Star Newspaper. August 8, 1941. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  18. ^ "First Burglar Goes To Chair Under New Death Penalty Law". The Montgomery Advertiser. 1941-08-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  19. ^ "Alabama Negro To Die For Night Burglary". The Palm Beach Post. 1941-08-08. p. 8. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  20. ^ Chambless, Ann B. (November 11, 2011). "A story back in time". The Daily Sentinel. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
  21. ^ O'Shea, Kathleen A. (1994). "Till death do us part" (PDF). Nemesis. 10 (2): 54.
  22. ^ Berry, Irene; O'Hare, Sheila and Silva, Jesse (2006). Legal Executions in California: A Comprehensive Registry, 1851–2005. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, p. 61.
  23. ^ Berry, Irene; O'Hare, Sheila and Silva, Jesse (2006). Legal Executions in California: A Comprehensive Registry, 1851–2005. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, p. 10.
  24. ^ Niles' National Register. Vol. 23. January 4, 1823. p. 288.
  25. ^ Manion, Jen (2015-10-07). Liberty's Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-9242-8.
  26. ^ Gutierrez, Ramon A.; Almaguer, Tomas (2016-08-23). The New Latino Studies Reader: A Twenty-First-Century Perspective. Univ of California Press. p. 422. ISBN 978-0-520-28484-5.
  27. ^ "Bathsheba Spooner, Hannah Piggen, and Rachel Wall". Tattered Fabric: Fall River's Lizzie Borden. 2008-08-11. Archived from the original on 2015-10-19.
  28. ^ "Mary Latham Marries an Older Man – And Regrets It - New England Historical Society". www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  29. ^ United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee No. 3 (1972). Capital punishment. Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, second session. Boston Public Library. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 265.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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