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Hate crime murder victim. 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 ...
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]
Last execution date Name Crime Method United States Federal Government: 16 January 2021: Dustin John Higgs: aggravated murder: lethal injection United States military: 13 April 1961: John A. Bennett: child rape and attempted murder: hanging Alabama: 25 January 2024: Kenneth Eugene Smith: aggravated murder: nitrogen hypoxia Alaska: Never used ...
Boys Don't Cry is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Kimberly Peirce, and co-written by Peirce and Andy Bienen.The film is a dramatization of the real-life story of Brandon Teena (played by Hilary Swank), an American trans man who attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska but falls victim to a brutal hate crime perpetrated by two male acquaintances.
Summary of scheduled executions. As of May 17, 2024, a total of 36 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over four calendar years in five U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 11 pending motions to set an execution date across four states. [3]
February 2, 2024 – John Walter Lay, a 52-year-old gay man was shot while was walking his dog in West Dog Park in Tampa, Florida. [321] February 7, 2024 – Nex Benedict , a 16-year-old non-binary student was beaten by three younger girls in the girls' restroom at Owasso High School , leading to their death.
The execution will be carried out by nitrogen gas, the governor's office said. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a Sept. 26 execution date for Alan Eugene Miller, who was convicted of killing three men ...
This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2024. To date, five people have been executed in the United States in 2024, one by nitrogen hypoxia and four by lethal injection. [1] The first person executed in 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith, became the first person in the United States and in the world to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia. [2]