Murdered Chicago police rookie James Doyle, 34, Feb. 5, 1982, on a South Side bus as Doyle and his partner tried to arrest Hope for suspicion of burglary. 89) Walter Thomas, 35. At least four murders committed from 1984 to 1999. The murders were the first of six Stewart committed within a week in Rockford and Beloit, Wis., during robberies. Holmes and Vance attacked Foshee and two managers as they exited the building, stabbing them multiple times, and stealing the bank deposit money. At closing on the day of his firing, Holmes waited in the parking lot with Michael Vance. Has selected firing squad as his method of execution. 40) Charles Walker, 50. According to the Office of the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney, only 14 female inmates have been executed since the Supreme Court lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in 1976. Fatally shot bank guard Joseph Kolar, 59, Nov. 23, 1979, on the South Side. Abducted 12-year-old Amber Harris, beat her to death, and threw her body into a. Gabriel Rodriguez was sentenced to five terms of life imprisonment. Williams abducted Goldstone March 30, 1978, from near the hospital and drove around for 36 hours with her in his trunk before shooting her to death. Days prior, Teena had reported to police that Lotter and his accomplice Tom Nissen had beat and raped him upon discovering he was transgender. Djerf told police he suspected Luna, but they took no action. He became the youngest person on death row in Florida at the time of his sentence. 3) James Free Jr., 36. 49) Dino Titone, 30. On Dec. 22, 1980, shot Gerald Holton, 31, and Arthur Sheppard, 39, two Markham drug dealers who had been infringing on the territory of a drug-selling gang with which Thompkins was affiliated. Kidnapped, robbed, murdered and dismembered Cheryl Dunlap at, He was also sentenced to life in prison in Georgia for the. Moore has also been linked to the deaths of her father, mother in law, and first husband. The victim's 14-year-old sister was sleeping upstairs when she heard the screams of her sister. Raped and fatally stabbed Lisa Ferguson, 17, March 17, 1987, as she was baby-sitting on the Southwest Side. Jordan is Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate. 14) Girvies Davis, 32. After being led to the manager`s office, he opened fire, killing John Geever, 23, a store employee. March 9, 2011. Pat Quinn also commuted the sentences of all 15 inmates remaining on death row. 117) Cecil Sutherland, 32. Manling Tsang Williams was convicted in 2010 on three counts of first-degree murder for taking the lives of her family members while they slept so that she could be free to be with her lover, according to City News Service. Shooting of a woman during a robbery in which he also set the home on fire, killing her daughter inside. Murdered three women and girls from 1992 to 1993. Kidnapped and strangled gas station attendant, 26-year-old Maurine Hunsaker, in. 92) Tyrone Strickland, 25. Fatally shot friend David Smith, 29, Dec. 17, 1985, on the South Side in exchange for $4,000 from a drug dealer. Pat Quinn signs legislation abolishing the death penalty in Illinois and commutes 15 Illinois inmates on death row to sentences of life without parole. He was sentenced to death for rape and 33 counts of murder. Shot dead Rosa Barbosa, her nephew and two of his friends. Prosecutors alleged that Carty orchestrated the crime, which was committed by three masked men who abducted Rodriguez and her son. He was given an additional life sentence for killing the unborn child of one of the victims, Murdered and dismembered Hungarian couple, Frank Griga and his girlfriend Krisztina Furton, during an. Fatally shot Bonnie Serpico, 34, of Glen Ellyn, after raping her and another woman April 24, 1978, in a Glen Ellyn factory. Murder by shooting of on-duty police officer. The bodies were tied with weights and dumped in a reservoir near. While in Pontiac state prison for robbery, he fatally stabbed prison cook Frieda King, 50, Feb. 8, 1983. The prison also has a medium security unit that houses medium to minimum security inmates and is classified as Level 3. March 9, 2011. The weapons used were a paring knife, a butcher knife, a grapefruit knife, and a fork. All fifteen death row inmates in the state had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment without parole. He later confessed to three unrelated murders connected to the. 69.75% have less than a high school diploma or GED. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Alabama death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. Shot and killed Gwendolyn Whipple, 21, who was nine months` pregnant, after breaking into her South Side apartment and raping her July 6, 1982. 25) Charles Albanese, 53. 15: March 3, 2010 Edward Tenney, for killing a 24-year-old Aurora man during a robbery. Moss is the only woman on death row in Georgia. 31) Johnny Neal Jr., 44. George Ryan cleared death row in January 2003. On January 11, 2003, Ryan blanket-commuted the sentences of all 167 inmates on death row to life in prison. Abduction, rape, and murder of 19-year-old Stacie Stites. Current Gov. 27) Gregory Madej, 31. The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). 119) Victor Ganus, 28. On average, these inmates have spent 17 years, 11 months on death row. The murder took place in, Kadamovas and co-defendant Iouri Mikhel were sentenced to death for the ransom related kidnappings and murders of five people. Of those, 20 have been exonerated - an extraordinarily high rate of 6.7%. Murdered his wife, mother-in-law and three children. While serving a life term for murder, he murdered fellow Menard inmate Lucas Gonzales, 37, Nov. 6, 1988, in a gang dispute. Corcoran was living with his brother, sister, and his sister's fianc. Known also as "The Taco Bell Strangler". An initial execution date was set upon conviction for September 13, 2018, but the execution was stayed due to a pending appeal to the. 96) Lawrence Jackson, 27. Stabbed and shot James Adams, 31; Gordon Stevens, 36; and Debra Bushman, 25, May 25, 1982, during robberies in Sterling and Rock Falls. Fatally shot Anthony Townsend, 17, during a Feb. 21, 1980, home invasion in Joliet. . Murdered at least two women between 2001 and 2005. Strangled Joan Wetherall, 30, a Carbondale waitress, Nov. 11, 1981. Stabbed and beat to death Mary Mae Johnson, an 82-year-old Joliet widow, during a burglary Aug 25, 1983. Odle told police that he was tired of his parents ''comin` down on my case'' about alcohol and drug abuse. Robbery and shooting of 22-year-old Pamela Armstrong in. She was shot, but played dead and informed police about Haskell. Comparatively, 12.19% of U.S. adults have less than a high school diploma or GED. As of July1, 2022[update], there were 2,394 death row inmates in the United States. The most recent blanket clemency came in 1986 when Toney Anaya, the governor of New Mexico, commuted the death sentences of the state's five death row inmates, according to the Associated Press. 12: May 1, 2008 Eric Hanson, for killing his sister and brother-in-law and his parents. Current Gov. He is suspected in the murders of at least three other women and he was found guilty of two additional murders. Slashed the throat of 6-year-old Tony Canzoneri during a Northwest Side home invasion Dec. 22, 1977. Raped, stabbed and strangled neighbor Lillian LaCrosse, 25, of Addison, April 18, 1985. 14: Dec. 16, 2009 Brian Dugan, for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a 10-year-old suburban Chicago girl. He told police he did it because Caleb was misbehaving on the night before the fire. Here is a look at the 184 inmates currently on Texas' death row. 51) Jerry Mahaffey, 33. Murdered his girlfriend Laura Ling, and library patron Henry Lee Turner. Kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered 19-year-old college student Jodi Sanderholm in 2007. 112) Aaron Patterson, 26. 1996 rape and murder of Carrie Williams in, In 2005, he admitted responsibility for five additional homicides across the river, at trial in. Williams's wife and accomplice, Kimberly Irene Williams, was tried separately, and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Another man condemned in Illinois, Alton Coleman, was executed in Ohio.[1]. Used a hammer to fatally bludgeon Arfrazia Hodges, 38, Dec. 18, 1980, during a home invasion and robbery in Kankakee. 9: May 23, 2007 Daniel Ramsey, after conviction for raping and killing a girl, shooting to death another girl and hurting three other people. Believed to be responsible for other murders in different states, including his former neighbor, who was murdered in 1993 in. Raped and murdered Jeanine Nicarico, 10, of Naperville Feb. 25, 1983, after abducting her from her Naperville home. They will now serve life in prison with no hope of parole. Copyright 2023 WLS-TV. Fatally bludgeoned Benjamin Gibons, 62, and his wife, Sybil, 60, with a hammer July 29, 1982, in their Skokie home. Murder by arson of his wife and attempted murder of their four children in. Raped, strangled and shot 18-year-old Kelly Eckart. 63) Bennie Williams, 26. States and the date of abolition of capital punishment: Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Coleman reportedly beat and starved the boy at the time of his death. Murder by arson of her husband and their two children in February 1992. Photo: Lucinda Devlin/Galerie m Bochum. 2: April 26, 2004 Ricardo Harris, after conviction for killing two Oak Lawn liquor store employees and hurting two people during a robbery. George Ryan on Friday pardoned four death row inmates who say they were tortured into confessing, and today will . Raped, strangled and burned the bodies of four females between 2006 and 2009. 52) Ronald Barrow, 31. 4) Kenneth Allen, 48. 10) Durlynn Eddmonds, 38. Check out more of My Submissions. Fatally shot Frederick Lacey, 35; R.C. McKnight had previously served seven years in a juvenile detention center for shooting and killing a man in 1992. Prosecutors alleged that the murder was in retaliation for the couple reporting to police that one of St. Pierre`s friends had broken a window at their home. A jury of 8 men and 4 women returned a death sentence in 6 hours after hearing two weeks of testimony in 2011 on the death of Jeanette Maples at the hands of her mother, Angela McAnulty. Kidnapped and murdered a 6-year-old girl. Rape and murder of 47-year-old Jessica Jean Fortney. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of California death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. She survived, but her baby was delivered. Stabbing murders of Heather Greaves, her sister Lisa and her daughter Avery at their home in, Eichinger is also serving a life sentence for the murder of Jennifer Still, who was murdered under similar circumstances at her house in. No executions have been imposed or performed since the territory gained self-governance in 1949; the last executions occurred in the late 1930s, when the island was under the control of the United States Navy.[17]. Sexual assault and murder of 20-year-old Sheryl Norris at her apartment in. Coleman was executed Wednesday night in Texas. Fatally stabbed fellow Pontiac inmate Thomas Riley Oct. 7, 1984, in a gang dispute. White has been linked to two unrelated murders, but has not been charged with them. Albanese wanted to inherit his relatives` money and take over the family business. Stabbed and strangled elderly couple, Clarence and Lillian James, at their home in. Rape and murder of 19-year-old Tiffany Johnston. Pizzuto was ultimately found guilty on three charges: Grand theft, robbery and first-degree murder, for which he was sentenced, respectively, to 14 years in prison, life in prison and death . PHOTOS: Women on death row. 48) Hector Sanchez, 44. Two of Cole's companions, Michael James Jackson and Alan Wade, were also sentenced to death. Following the names in parenthesis are the year of arrest and year of exoneration. Guerrero was arrested six years after the last crime based on DNA evidence after he had been jailed for a. Cult leader who murdered five people in 2000. Roberts is the only woman on Ohio's death row. Strangled two people in September 2010 in Houston, during separate incidents. Mitchell, described as ''borderline retarded,'' had burst into the Leineke home searching for an acquaintance he thought had stolen a radio and a video game. Rogers was also sentenced to death in California for the murder of Sandra Gallagher, and is. CHICAGO A former death row inmate whose wrongful murder conviction helped bring about the end of Illinois' death penalty said life recently has been more difficult with renewed questions Aug 11, 2022. The family went missing in February 2010, in a case that attracted national attention. Killed East St. Louis cleaning store owner Samuel Nersesian and mail carrier Debra Brown in an April 30, 1979, shooting spree. Twelve counts of murder in aid of racketeering and one count of retaliating against a witness by murder. Murder of Theresa Blosl and Charles Ervin. Robert Taylor, 44, Sept. 3, 1987, in retaliation for the death of another prisoner who swallowed a bag of cocaine during a struggle with guards searching his cell. Strangled six sex workers, including a male crossdresser, then had anal sex with their corpses. Was assigned lethal injection as his method of execution. Richard Ortega was sentenced to life without parole. James was living with the family of the victims at the time. Fatally shot his former girlfriend, Donna Rucks, 42; her daughter, Carla Williams, 23; and Rucks` sister, Adrienne Parham, 45; Dec. 2, 1985, on the South Side. With Smith`s sentence, Illinois will have three Death Rows in operation. Eduardo Navarro, an accomplice, was 15 at the time of the crimes but was, Robbed and murdered his elderly neighbors in, Murdered his ex-wife's sister, her husband and four of their children in. Killed five people, including two police officers, in. He was again convicted and sentenced to death. Murdered his estranged wife, 4-year-old son, and 13-month-old daughter on March 27, 2004. 93) Danny Edwards, 33. For his last meal . 67) Robert Turner, 31. Fatally stabbed Debra Smith, 32, March 10, 1985, on the South Side. While on Death Row for that killing, he was sentenced to death again after confessing to the May 1984 stabbing and mutilation of Cherry Wilson, 36, in her West Side home. All Rights Reserved. Both defendants, who are half-brothers, were sentenced to death. Murdered William Feuling, 23, Jan. 25, 1985, in a robbery of Feuling`s West Side home. Two separate double murders in March 2008 and May 2013. Murdered Charles Biebel, 89, Dec. 22, 1978, and Esther Sepmeyer, 83, July 13, 1979, during robberies of their homes near East St. Louis. Poisoned two of his wives and his adoptive mother. In 1997, Boliek was granted a stay of execution by Governor. These are the men on Illinois` Death Row, the convicted murderers sentenced to the state`s maximum punishment for killings that involved more than one victim, children, public officials, prison inmates or were committed with other crimes. Copyright 2023. Ward is considered the prime suspect in a series of at least four similar murders dating back to 1985, but was not charged with them due to lack of sufficient evidence for a conviction. 97) Derrick Morgan, 34. 82) William Franklin, 51. 15 men on Illinois death row. Shot and killed cabdriver Adrian Bracy, 28, during a robbery Oct. 26, 1986, on the South Side. He also shot and paralyzed Gobert's girlfriend during the altercation. Smith, a gang member, had recognized Smith, who had subdued his gang`s leader in a 1970s scuffle at the Joliet state prison. 16) Derrick King, 33. 7: June 6, 2006 Paul Runge, for raping, killing and setting on fire a mother and her 10-year-old daughter. Murdered two people in separate burglaries. The ''I-57'' killer sentenced to 1,000 to 3,000 years for the 1973 murders of a Chicago couple, Brisbon received the death sentence for fatally stabbing Richard ''Hippie'' Morgan, 31, a fellow inmate at Stateville prison Oct. 19, 1978. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Texas death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages or part of a criminal enterprise with a separate Wikipedia page are listed in this article. The body of a different man was also found on McKnight's property in 2000. Zeigler's case has been the focus of controversy since he was denied. After numerous trial delays, a jury convicted Merritt in June 2019. Murdered his girlfriend Dennise Hayslip and her lover, Darren Cain. Vance was tried separately and sentenced to 190 years. Abducted and killed Kankakee businessman Stephen Small, 40, by burying him alive Sept. 2, 1987. Shot high school music teacher Mark Schwebes. Kidnapped, raped and stabbed 21-year-old Dawnia Dacosta with a screwdriver. As Drobney was driving to a friend`s wedding reception, Turner and two other young men used a flashing red light resembling that of a police car to pull Drobney`s car to the side of the road. A drifter from Texas, he smothered and stabbed Roy Pendleton, 68, of Troy, Feb. 8, 1990, after appearing at Pendleton`s apartment and asking to use the bathroom. Shum also was the first Illinois defendant convicted under a 1981 law that made it a crime to kill a fetus. Pollard has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Kidnappings, rapes and murders of Harriet Simmons and Betty McConnell, committed four months apart in 1979. Player View. He has denied responsibility for the crimes and has repeatedly attempted to have his sentence overturned, but so far has been unsuccessful. There are 126 men facing the death penalty in the state-68 inmates at Pontiac Correctional Center and 58 inmates at Menard . Murdered two people in southwest Missouri. 8: Sept. 25, 2006 Dion Banks, for killing a woman during a carjacking. Although the capacity of the prison is . 83) Alton Coleman, 34. Please help this . Due to the high number of Arizona death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. 33) Samuel Morgan, 43. List View. Carpenter is known as the Trailside Killer. Shot grocer George Vrabel to death April 1, 1980, during a robbery on the South Side. 111) Robert Melock, 24. Shot and killed seven people and wounded four others. He was paroled in 2001 and rearrested for violating his parole in 2006, when he was linked via DNA to Armstrong's killing. 29) Raymond Stewart, 38. Abducted, raped, and killed four women between 1999 and 2000. The murder went unsolved until Aug. 6, 1986, when Pecoraro flagged down a Chicago police car and said, ''I want to turn myself in for a murder.''. None, however, has had his death sentence replaced, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections. Since 1976. Murphy was the last member of the Texas Seven to be brought to trial, convicted, and sentenced to death. Laura Black, a former coworker Farley had been stalking for four years prior to his rampage, was shot unconscious, but she survived. Raped and strangled at least seven women between 1986 and 1993. 81) John Phillips, 37. A full list is externally linked: Due to the high number of Mississippi death row inmates, only prisoners with Wikipedia pages are listed in this article. An Illinois woman who was sentenced to death without a trial as a result of a false confession coerced by a disgraced Chicago detective has been exonerated after 29 years. 13: Oct. 21, 2008 David Damm, for hiring an acquaintance to kill a 13-year-old girl to silence her accusations of sexual abuse. One prisoner (Michael Addison) who was already sentenced to death remains on death row in the state. Coleman was be the sixth woman put to death in Texas since the state reenacted the death penalty in 1982 according to the Death Penalty Information center, and the second woman put to death in 2014 in the U.S. alone. Calculated from the admission date (04/01/2010) given by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's official website: Calculated from the admission date (02/27/2001) given by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's official website: Calculated from the admission date (06/01/2018) given by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's official website: Calculated from the admission date (06/13/2016) given by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's official website: Calculated from the admission date (10/30/2002) given by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's official website: Calculated from the admission date (10/17/2014) given by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's official website: Calculated from the admission date (06/26/2003) given by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's official website: Calculated from the admission date (10/21/1999) given by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's official website: Calculated from the admission date (04/12/1993) given by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's official website: Calculated from the admission date (03/28/2018) given by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's official website: Calculated from the admission date (04/19/2018) given by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction's official website: List of women on death row in the United States, Capital punishment by the United States federal government, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Capital punishment by the United States military, unincorporated territory of the United States, Murder of Jan Pawel and Quiana Jenkins Pietrzak, Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state), life sentences without possibility of parole, List of death row inmates in North Carolina, List of death row inmates in Pennsylvania, List of death row inmates in South Carolina, List of people executed in the United States in 2023, List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States, List of most recent executions by jurisdiction, "Encyclopedia of prisons and Correctional facilities", "Position Statement 54: Death Penalty and People with Mental Illnesses", "Serious Mental Illness Among U.S. Stabbed Willie Robinson, 44, Nov. 26, 1985, during a sexual assault on Robinson`s niece. Texas, which reinstated the death penalty in 1976, has the most active execution chamber in the nation. 30) Edgar Hope, 31. 20) Robin Owens, 29. The crimes were committed while he was on. Only woman on Idaho's death row; housed at the. Worked with an accomplice named Richard James Clark in some of the attacks. On May 12, 2010, Banks was declared incompetent to be executed. Fatally stabbed Bridget Drobney, 16, of Downers Grove, in a Macoupin County cornfield July 14, 1985. Kidnapped and murdered Larry Lionberg, 29, and his fiance, Carol Schmal, 24, May 11, 1978, in Ford Heights. Adults", "Dylann Roof appeals death sentence in Charleston church slayings", "Jury sees Boston bomber's writings on Islam and 'killing innocent people', "Witnesses all agree repealing death penalty is a must", "Arizona justice: Shawna Forde death sentence a rebuke to border vigilantes", "Arizona: Border Activist Sentenced to Death", "STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. 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Murder of his father-in-law and mother-in-law. The prisoners below, listed with their current ages and in order of their sentencings, are in various stages of appealing their cases. Shot dead two 8-year-old students and wounded another seven, a teacher and a gym coach. A sixth woman was also attacked by Parker. Abduction, rape, and murder of 15-year-old Susan Louise Jordan. Capital punishment has been abolished in New Hampshire, but only for new sentences. 37) John Whitehead, 40. 50) Keith Shum, 30. In the quarter century between restoration and abolition of the Illinois death penalty(pdf); 298 men and women were sentenced to death in Illinois. Here are the dates the inmates were placed on death row, followed by their name and a brief description of the crime for which they were convicted: 1: Feb. 27, 2003 Anthony Mertz, for the rape, killing and mutilation of an Eastern Illinois University student. Initially sentenced to death for three murders, but the death sentences for the first two murders were later changed to life sentences. 57) Dewayne Britz, 28. [2] Due to this fluctuation as well as lag and inconsistencies in inmate reporting procedures across jurisdictions, the information in this article may present inaccuracies. Angela McAnulty Other News. Shot Tony Long, 18, to death May 29, 1983, on the South Side while stealing Long`s radio. Stabbed and slashed to death Michael Salcido, 17; Arthur Salcido, 19; and Frank Mussa, 16, Feb. 24, 1979, in a North Side alley following a dispute over gang affiliations. The victim was struck with a hammer and stabbed nearly sixty times.

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