The Execution of Westley Allan Dodd

Post-Furman US execution #189 Washington State execution #1 since reinstatement Modern judicial hanging #1 in the United States In the early morning hours of Tuesday, the 5th of January, 1993, the State of Washington carried out the execution of 31-year-old Westley Allan Dodd at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Dodd had been sentenced … Read more

The Execution of Marcellus Williams

Post-Furman US execution #1597 Missouri execution #100 since reinstatement On Tuesday, the 24th of September, 2024, the State of Missouri carried out its one-hundredth execution in the post-Furman era when 55-year-old Marcellus Williams was put to death by lethal injection at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, St. Francois County. Williams … Read more

The Execution of Ricky Ray Rector

Post-Furman US execution #160 Arkansas execution #3 since reinstatement On Friday, the 24th of January, 1992, the State of Arkansas carried out the execution of 40-year-old Ricky Ray Rector by lethal injection at the Cummins Unit near Varner, Lincoln County. Rector had spent over nine years on death row following his conviction for the March … Read more