Post-Furman US execution #1614 Louisiana execution #29 since reinstatement On Tuesday, the 18th of March, 2025, the State of Louisiana carried out its first execution in more than fifteen years when 46-year-old Jessie Dean Hoffman Jr. was put to death at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, West Feliciana Parish. Hoffman had spent more than … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #512 Oklahoma execution #14 since reinstatement Juvenile offender execution #13 in the United States since 1976 In the early morning hours of Thursday, the 4th of February, 1999, the State of Oklahoma carried out the execution of 29-year-old Sean Richard Sellers by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Pittsburg … Read more
Post-Furman US Federal execution #1 Total US Post-Furman execution #717 On Monday, the 11th of June, 2001, the United States Federal Government carried out its first execution in thirty-eight years when 33-year-old Timothy James McVeigh was put to death by lethal injection at the United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. McVeigh was … Read more
On Thursday, the 25th of January, 2024, the State of Alabama carried out the first execution in world history using nitrogen hypoxia when 58-year-old Kenneth Eugene Smith was put to death at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Escambia County. Smith had spent over twenty-seven years on death row following his conviction for … Read more
Post-Furman US execution #168 California execution #1 since reinstatement On the morning of Tuesday, the 21st of April, 1992, the State of California carried out its first execution in twenty-five years when 39-year-old Robert Alton Harris was put to death in the gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison, Marin County. Harris had spent thirteen … Read more
