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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]
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 .
This is a list of people executed in the United States in 2013. Thirty-nine people were executed in the United States in 2013. Sixteen of them were in the state of Texas. One ( Kimberly LaGayle McCarthy) was female. [1] [2]
His attacker, John Lotter, was sentenced to death. The events leading to Teena's death were depicted in the movie Boys Don't Cry. November 30, 1993 - Nicholas West, 23, was kidnapped and murdered in Tyler, TX by three men. They robbed him, beat him and drove him to a remote Smith County location where they shot him, multiple times.
Murdered 19-year-old Phillip DeVine, 24-year-old Lisa Lambert and 21-year-old Brandon Teena. 28 years, 82 days Days prior, Teena had reported to police that Lotter and his accomplice Tom Nissen had beat and raped him upon discovering he was transgender.
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 ...
The most recent person to be executed by the military is U.S. Army Private John A. Bennett, executed on April 13, 1961, for rape and attempted murder. Since the end of the Civil War in 1865, only one person has been executed for a purely military offense: Private Eddie Slovik , who was executed on January 31, 1945, after being convicted of ...
June 13 - June 16 – Justin Rose wins the 113th edition of the U.S. Open with a score of 281 (1 over par). He is the first English player to win the U.S. Open since Tony Jacklin in 1970. [200] June 14 – Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder, is released in theatres as the first film in the DC Extended Universe.