The Execution of Betty Lou Beets By Richard Clark (Archive Record) Post-Furman US execution #617 Texas execution #207 since reinstatement Female execution #5 in the United States since 1976 On Thursday, the 24th of February, 2000, the State of Texas carried out the execution of 62-year-old Betty Lou Beets by lethal injection at the Huntsville … Read more
In the spring of 2025, South Carolina attracted worldwide media attention when it carried out two executions by firing squad at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia. These were the first shootings conducted in the United States since Utah executed Ronnie Lee Gardner in June 2010, and the first in South Carolina’s modern history. … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #106 Florida execution #20 since reinstatement In the early morning hours of Tuesday, the 24th of January, 1989, the State of Florida carried out the execution of 42-year-old Theodore Robert Bundy in the electric chair at Florida State Prison near Starke, Bradford County. Bundy had spent nine years on death row following … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #1181 Virginia execution #105 since reinstatement On Tuesday, the 10th of November, 2009, the Commonwealth of Virginia carried out the execution of 48-year-old John Allen Muhammad by lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Greensville County. Muhammad was condemned for his central role as the coordinator of the “Beltway Sniper” … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #1608 South Carolina execution #46 since reinstatement On Friday, the 31st of January, 2025, South Carolina carried out the first execution in the United States for the year when 44-year-old Marion Bowman Jr. was put to death by lethal injection at the Broad River Correctional Complex in Columbia. Bowman had spent nearly … Read more
