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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
Crime |
Convict
|
Race
|
Age |
Date |
Location |
Jurisdiction
|
Robbery
|
James Coburn
[1]
[2]
|
White
|
38
|
Sep 4, 1964
|
Alabama
|
State
|
Rape
|
Ronald Wolfe
[3]
|
White
|
33
|
May 8, 1964
|
Missouri
|
State
|
Aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury by an inmate serving a life sentence for
murder
|
Rudolph Wright
[4]
[5]
|
Black
|
31
|
Jan 11, 1962
|
California
|
State
|
Kidnapping
|
Billy Monk
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
|
White
|
26
|
Nov 21, 1960
|
California
|
State
|
Attempted
rape
|
Ross McAfee
[10]
[11]
[12]
[13]
[Note 1]
|
Black
|
39
|
Nov 22, 1957
|
North Carolina
|
State
|
Espionage
|
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
|
White
|
35 (Julius) and 37 (Ethel)
|
Jun 19, 1953
|
New York
|
Federal
|
Desertion
|
Eddie Slovik
[14]
|
White
|
24
|
Jan 31, 1945
|
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines,
France (
Firing squad)
|
Military
|
Burglary
|
Frank Bass
[15]
[16]
[17]
[18]
|
Black
|
23
|
8 Aug 1941
|
Alabama
|
State
|
Train robbery
|
Black Jack Ketchum
|
White
|
37
|
Apr 26, 1901
|
New Mexico
|
Federal (
New Mexico Territory)
|
Arson
|
George Hughes, George Smith, and Asbury Hughes
[19]
|
White
|
21 (George Hughes), 30 (George Smith) and 22 (Asbury Hughes)
|
Aug 1, 1884
|
Alabama
|
State
|
Stealing, treason, and conduct unbecoming a slave
|
Amy Spain
[20]
|
Black
|
17
|
Mar 10, 1865
|
South Carolina
|
Military (Confederate States)
|
Conspiracy to commit murder
|
Five unnamed
Yuki men
[21]
|
Native
|
Unknown
|
Jul 21, 1863
|
California
|
State
|
Piracy
|
Nathaniel Gordon
[Note 2]
|
White
|
30
|
Feb 21, 1862
|
New York
|
Federal
|
Slave revolt
|
Caesar, Sam, and Sanford (
slaves)
|
Black
|
Unknown
|
Oct 19, 1860
|
Alabama
|
State
|
Treason
|
William Bruce Mumford
[Note 3]
|
White
|
42
|
Jun 7, 1862
|
Union-occupied New Orleans
|
Military
|
Aiding a
runaway slave
|
Starling Carlton
|
White
|
Unknown
|
1859
|
South Carolina
|
State
|
Theft
|
Jake (slave)
|
Black
|
Unknown
|
Dec 3, 1855
|
Alabama
|
State
|
Horse theft (
Grand Larceny)
|
Theodore Velenquez
[22]
|
Hispanic
|
Unknown
|
Jan 30, 1852
|
California
|
State
|
Forgery
|
Ray
|
White
|
Unknown
|
Mar 6, 1840
|
South Carolina
|
State
|
Counterfeiting
|
Thomas Davis
[23]
|
White
|
60
|
Oct 11, 1822
|
Alabama
|
State
|
Bestiality
|
Joseph Ross
[24]
[Note 4]
[25]
|
White
|
Unknown
|
1785
|
Pennsylvania
|
State
|
Concealing the birth/death of an infant
|
Hannah Piggen
[26]
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
1785
|
Massachusetts
|
State
|
Adultery
|
Mary Latham and John Britton
[27]
|
White
|
18 (Lantham)
|
Mar 21, 1643
|
Massachusetts
|
State
|
Statistics
From 1930 to 1967, 3859 criminals were executed, sorted in the following table:
[28]
Crime
|
Total executions
|
Blacks
|
Whites
|
Other races
|
Murder
|
3334
|
1630
|
1664
|
40
[Note 5]
|
Rape
|
455
|
405
|
48
|
2
[Note 6]
|
Armed robbery
[Note 7]
|
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 8]
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
Total
|
3859
|
2066
|
1751
|
42
|
See also
Notes and references
Notes
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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.
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^
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^
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