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  2. Lana Tisdel - Wikipedia

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    Lana M. Tisdel (born May 28, 1975) [2] is an American woman whose early life and involvement with the December 1993 murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert, and Phillip DeVine at the hands of John Lotter and Tom Nissen is chronicled in the 1998 documentary The Brandon Teena Story and the 1999 film Boys Don't Cry (which left out DeVine). [3]

  3. List of people executed in New York - Wikipedia

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    Murder of John Wait. John Black, Mahlon Christie, Isaac Kent, and George Orcote. 4 June 1814 (other accounts indicate date was in the spring of 1812 or around New Year's Eve 1813) [15] Shot. Desertion. James Graham [15] 29 July 1814. Hanging. Murders of Hugh Cameron and Alexander McGiffrey.

  4. List of death row inmates in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] 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). [2]

  5. Brandon Teena - Wikipedia

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    Brandon Teena. Brandon Teena[note 1] (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American transgender man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, by John Lotter and Tom Nissen. [2][3] His life and death were the subject of the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys Don't Cry.

  6. List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States

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    Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 13, 2027 Keith LaMar: 57 23 34 Male Black Ohio: To be determined: Profile: 2 February 17, 2027 Scott A. Group: 62 32 30 White Profile: 3 April 14, 2027 Gregory Lott: 65 25 40 Black Profile: 4 May 19, 2027 John Stojetz: 71 40 31

  7. Capital punishment in New York - Wikipedia

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    Statistics. From 1890 to 1963, 695 people were executed in New York. The first was William Kemmler on August 6, 1890, and the last was Eddie Lee Mays on August 15, 1963. Kemmler was the first person in the world known to be executed in an electric chair.

  8. State electrician - Wikipedia

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    State electrician. The official title of " state electrician " was given to some American state executioners in states using the electric chair during the early 20th century, including the New York State electrician. [1][2] Hangings had usually been carried out by untrained county sheriffs, but when electrocution was introduced in New York, the ...

  9. It Could Happen to You (1994 film) - Wikipedia

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    English. Budget. $20 million [1] Box office. $47.7 million [2] It Could Happen to You is a 1994 American romantic comedy - drama film starring Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda. In a plot inspired by a real-life news story, [3][4] a New York Police Department officer (Cage) who is short on cash and unable to tip his waitress (Fonda), half-jokingly ...