List of people executed in Wyoming
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Wyoming.
A total of 7 men were executed prior to Wyoming becoming a State on July 10, 1890:
Executed person | Date of execution | Method | Crime | |
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1 | John Boyer | 21 April 1871 | Hanging | Murder |
2 | William Tousant Kensler | 19 November 1874 | Murder | |
3 | Leroy Donovan | 18 January 1884 | Murder and robbery | |
4 | George Cooke | 12 December 1884 | Murder | |
5 | John Owens | 5 March 1886 | Murder and robbery | |
6 | Benjamin Carter | 26 January 1888 | Murder | |
7 | George Black | 26 February 1890 | Murder |
18 men were executed by the state of Wyoming between its statehood and the Supreme Court ban on executions in 1972:
Executed person | Date of execution | Method | Crime | |
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1 | Charles Miller | 22 April 1892 | Hanging | Murder and robbery |
2 | Frank Howard | 7 December 1894 | Murder | |
3 | James Keffer | 24 September 1902 | Murder and robbery | |
4 | Thomas Horn | 20 November 1903 | Murder | |
5 | Joseph Seng | 24 May 1912 | Murder | |
6 | Warren Jenkins | 14 November 1913 | Murder | |
7 | Willard Flanders | 16 June 1916 | Murder | |
8 | Wilmer Palmer | 11 August 1916 | Murder | |
9 | Oscar White | 20 October 1916 | Murder | |
10 | Yee Geow | 11 March 1921 | Murder | |
11 | George Brownfield | 10 March 1930 | Murder | |
12 | Charles Aragon | 14 May 1930 | Murder | |
13 | Talton Taylor | 11 May 1933 | Murder | |
14 | Perry Carroll | 13 August 1937 | Lethal gas | Murder |
15 | Stanley Lantzer | 19 April 1940 | Murder | |
16 | Cleveland Brown, Jr. | 17 November 1944 | Murder and rape | |
17 | Andrew Pixley | 10 December 1965 | Murder and rape |
Wyoming enacted its post-Furman death penalty statute on February 28, 1977.[1] One man has been executed in the state of Wyoming since then:
Executed person | Race | Date of execution | Method | Murder victim(s) | Under Governor | |
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1 | Mark Hopkinson | White | 22 January 1992 | Lethal injection | Vincent Vehar, Beverly Vehar, John Vehar, and Jeffrey Green | Mike Sullivan |
One federal execution has taken place in Wyoming:
Executed person | Date of execution | Crime | Method | Under President |
---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Ruhl | 27 April 1945 | Murder on a Government Reservation | Lethal gas | Harry S. Truman |
References
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